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Texas Tracking: Here’s How to Monitor ERCOT’s Grid Conditions in Real Time

After 2021, we’re all on edge in North Texas. This online tracker can help you know what’s going on with your power.

Texas power grid operator ERCOT issues advisory for 'extreme cold weather' this weekend

ERCOT, which operates the Texas power grid, has issued an advisory for "extreme cold weather" in Texas. TEXAS, USA — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued an advisory for "extreme cold weather" ahead of the expected winter storm in Texas this weekend.

As winter storm approaches, Texas officials say the state is ready, won’t repeat 2021 catastrophe

State and local officials say they’re better prepared than they were five years ago when Winter Storm Uri blanketed the state, killing hundreds and leaving scores without power and water.

Data centers could strain Texas' grid and raise power bills. Here's a fix for both problems.

Expanding efforts to cut down on energy waste could help the Texas power grid accommodate more data centers without spiking electricity rates, advocates say.

Arctic air is headed to Texas. Are the electric grid and local utilities ready to handle it?

ERCOT says the Texas grid will easily meet expected demand during this weekend's powerful cold snap. CPS and Austin Energy say they're ready, too.

ERCOT issues ‘weather watch’ for Texas power grid ahead of major Arctic cold, ice

But Texas’ power grid is expected to hold up, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the flow of electricity across most of the state.
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February 2021: How Texas’ power grid failed in the deep freeze and what changed after

It started like a typical North Texas “bundle up” forecast and turned into a statewide emergency that Texans will be measuring winters against for decades.
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