Texas power utilities see retail wheeling in their future.(Southwest: Trends in the Region)Sanders, Lisa
1. Increasing data centers: Utilities are adopting a multifaceted approach to help meet increasing demand Approximately 75% of the top 35 electric power utilities in the United States have reported a rise in electricity demand from data centers.21These energy-intensive facilities currently consume...
In Texas this week, grid operators and utilities knew about the dire weather forecast for at least a week. Last weekend they issued appeals for power conservation, and ERCOT tweeted that residents should “unplug the fancy new appliances you bought during the pandemic and only used once.” The...
Frustration boiled over as utilities scrambled to try to restore power to those who still didn't have any. As officials pointed fingers, one thing was clear: Texas didn't weather-proof many of its power generating facilities or pipelines, despite being hit by a similar freeze about a decade ...
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There were roughly 280,000 customers without power along the Texas’s coast and in Houston and the surrounding areas on Monday, according to reported outages by the state’s investor-owned utilities. Harvey, which made landfall on Friday, caused devastating flooding and knocked out power lines...
Frustration mounted that Houston appeared to buckle under a storm not as powerful as previous ones. State officials were questioned whether utilities were prepared in advance, and at least one said they would withhold judgement until after the lights were turned back on. ...
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Sharyland Utilities has obtained approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and PUCT Chairman Paul Hudson to build an electrical interconnect between the Texas and Mexico power grids in May 2005. Agreements signed by the governor of Texas and the governors regions of Coahuila, Nu...
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