Heat

If there are no more triple-digit days this year, we'll have a grand total of 78. That’s the second most ever recorded. (2011 holds the record with 90.)

ERCOT went into emergency operations Wednesday night for the first time since 2021. It's still unclear what caused the power grid to get so close to rolling blackouts so quickly.

It starts with a call to 311.

A month-and-a-half straight of high temperatures in the triple digits made this Austin's hottest summer ever by most measures.

The courts, along with federal and state lawmakers, have created a series of barriers against improving prison conditions with air conditioning.

To reduce strain on the grid, ERCOT will pay big energy users like manufacturers and bitcoin miners to reduce the power they use. That frees up more electrons for others and keeps supply and demand balanced.

Texans should again reduce power use from 4 p.m to 9 p.m. Sunday to help keep the grid stable, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas says.

Another round of the record hot summer vs. the Texas electric grid has ERCOT again urging energy conservation

Rain bands from the remnants of Tropical Storm Harold are putting a cap on 45 straight days of triple-digit heat.

Drought and water scarcity in Wimberley have claimed a second victim. First, it was Jacob's Well, and now Blue Hole's water levels are two feet below the normal level.