By: Jeff Mosier | Texas’ electric grid operator planned for a challenging summer. Now, it’s here with electricity-usage records falling daily since Monday. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a sixth electricity-usage record in the last four days. Between 4 and

By: Jeff Mosier | Texas electric grid operator planned for a challenging summer. Now, it’s here with back-to-back electricity usage records. Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced yesterday that usage averaged 70,963 megawatt between 4 and 5 p.m. That was the most ever

By: L.M. Sixel | If you’ve been shopping around for an electricity providers, the rates may be cheaper than they appear on Power to Choose, the website run by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. A major component of electricity bills

By: Rye Druzin | Texas’ power use approached a record Monday afternoon as the mercury soared into the high 90s and triple digits across most of the state. Power use is around 70,600 megawatts, just a few hundreds megawatts below

By: Reagan Roy | ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to 24,000,000 Texas customers, representing about 90 percent of the state’s electric load. As the independent system operator for the region, ERCOT schedules power on an electric grid that connects more

By: L.M. Sixel | Texas consumers can save hundreds of dollars each year by shopping for electricity, but most don’t seek out better deals, overwhelmed by the number and complexity of power plans on the state’s Power to Choose website,

By: Chris Galford | The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently reported that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) faces an energy reserve margin of just 11 percent this summer — a drop from previous years and lower than their

By: Jeff Mosier | Texas utility regulators are researching how they can remove misleading electricity plans from the state’s Power to Choose website, a recurring problem in that public marketplace. Some current deals advertise prices as low as 2.3 cents

By: Scott DiSavino | Homes and businesses in Texas are expected to set a daily electricity consumption record for June on Friday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave, according to the operator of

The Texas grid operator’s market design is about to experience a true test. By: Eric Gimon | Wholesale electricity markets are in the news, as oversupplied markets drive prices down and force early coal and nuclear retirements. Companies like FirstEnergy