Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill to prohibit offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Mexico from connecting to the state's ...

Even as electricity demand peaked at 78,235 megawatts, breaking a May record, the ERCOT grid barely broke ... that would require every solar and wind farm in the state to have backup power ...

Senate Bill 715, which was approved Thursday by the Senate, could put a massive strain on wind and solar farms at a time the ... told reporters Tuesday at an ERCOT conference in Round Rock. “ ...

Texas faces an estimated 12% chance of controlled outages in August on nights when wind ... ERCOT usually has an abundance of supply from resources such as natural gas power plants and solar farms ...

This time, when a record-breaking heat wave sent temperatures in Austin and San Antonio soaring past 100 degrees, ERCOT didn’t ... for the solar or wind farms ERCOT also needs.