The Texas Energy and Power Newsletter

The Sweetwater attorney who helped write the legal framework for Texas’s wind power renaissance walks through 25 years of energy development — and what they’ve meant for the future.

ERCOT added more than 60 gigawatts of new electricity supply in the past five years — yet the load interconnection queue now exceeds 400 gigawatts

Recent reports and rulemakings from ERCOT and PUCT point to three major trends shaping the Texas grid: rapid growth, rising transmission investment, and large load management.

After years of slow growth, utilities and power generators are now planning for massive demand increases.

As large new customers line up in ERCOT, Texas’s grid operator must decide how to plan transmission, serve load, and price risk without shifting burdens onto current ratepayers.

Yale Climate Connections on the two states rapid growth; AI surge and data center pushback; challenges to the Permian Basin Reliability Plan; and how Texans may feel the Iran war.

Even with more domestic energy production, Texas is still exposed to global oil shocks, higher fuel costs, and infrastructure limits triggered by the war in Iran.

How permitting changes in Washington could threaten renewables in Texas

Electricity demand is rising, and Texas is about to find out which energy technologies and policies can keep pace.

Josh Rhodes talks with GridStatus CEO Max Kanter about transparency, pricing signals, and why grid visibility matters more than ever in Texas.

New EIA report; Texas solar and storage updates; local resistance to data centers; why electric bills may climb again; and ERCOT's poor grade from GridStrategies.

Texas prepares for historic load growth as infrastructure costs increase; the decisions we make now will determine whether reliability stays affordable

Texans continue to bear the costs of 2021 winter storm blackouts

ERCOT just flipped a major switch on how it buys reliability; the ripple effects hit prices, batteries, and investment signals that Texas depends on.

Our editors break down highlights and insights from the ERCOT Board's most recent meeting.

ERCOT solar growth defies federal headwinds, cancellations climb amid policy uncertainty, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas taps the brakes on large-load interconnection reform.

As Texas races toward an electricity load boom, one overlooked winter fix could reduce grid stress, cut bills, and free up capacity for growth.

Preparing for the next winter storm; Google's energy bet on AI; data center demand; and a battery start-up makes waves in San Antonio.

A debrief on what actually changed since 2021, what still worries the hosts, and why Texas keeps finding itself in the middle of the national grid story.

What has changed since Uri and how those changes supported the grid this weekend; a DOE order on backup power; and why 2026 will be the story of electrification.