Electric Grid

Microgrids generate and supply their own power in tandem with the grid and work as a backup option in case extreme weather knocks out power.

Austin has adopted a new Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan, the subject of intense debate between the city utility and local environmentalists. City Council members added 14 amendments before approving it.

A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

Austin Energy says its plan balances affordability with the city's climate commitments. Some environmentalists and council members strongly disagree.

Despite an August of brutal heat, Texans have not been asked to conserve electricity like they were last year.

Power grid anxiety is nothing new in Texas. But a surge in artificial intelligence data centers is posing a new challenge to an already fragile energy system.

The former Austin City Council member's Connect the Grid Act would mandate that ERCOT create new interconnections with neighboring power grids.

Over a third of the electricity on the Texas grid came from the sun on Sunday, a new state record.

When compared with other regional grids, it appears Texas issues more requests for consumers to conserve energy. The recent freeze reignited frustrations over the requests and the grid operators.

The grid's operator has requested that Texans conserve energy to maintain supply during the extreme cold. Many people are having flashbacks to the blackouts in 2021.