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According to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, President Joe Biden is considering in tapping into the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising crude oil prices.

Texas voters have a net disapproval for how state leaders have handled the reliability of the electricity grid, abortion and property taxes, according to a new […]

Winter is coming. It’s an unavoidable truth hovering over Austin as the Texas energy market’s governing bodies attempt to fix an aching electric grid in a […]

Wall Street wants CPS Energy — financially damaged by the pandemic and astronomical costs stemming from February’s winter blast — to raise rates on customers as […]

Texas’ catastrophic February winter storm left over 200 people dead and millions without power for days on end, and a new report from the state comptroller’s office attempts […]

Pairing renewable resources with energy storage systems makes a lot of sense. However, grid operators are still developing frameworks for handling these hybrid projects but they […]

Winter is coming and power plants across Texas are in a rush to “winterize.” That’s a word you’ve probably heard a lot since February’s big blackout; winterizing […]

These policies are not just wrongheaded, they are deeply dangerous. Banning the use of liquid and gaseous fuels will reduce America’s energy security because it will […]

Damages topped $20 billion. And Texas’s leaders vowed to do everything within their power to prevent such a crisis from happening again. But they didn’t do everything. And […]

Cryptocurrency miners are eyeing the lone star state and its low-cost energy as a means for growing the industry, but Texas’ fragile power grid might buckle under […]

After a dozen years, multiple energy crises, regulatory delays and political turnover, construction of a novel 400-mile power line connecting Texas to the Southeast is finally […]

First, the PUC should be applauded for considering every aspect of the ERCOT market design. If the prevailing media narrative and much of the legislative impetus […]

Across the nation, severe weather fueled by climate change is pushing aging electrical systems past their limits, often with deadly results. Last year, the average American […]

“We are backlogged 200 installations,” Rizzo said. “And the factories have not been able to keep up with the increase in demand across Texas and in the […]

According to the Energy Information Administration, over half of U.S. homeowners that heat their homes primarily with natural gas may expect to pay 30% more on […]

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is keeping a close eye on the supply and demand of the power grid, spurred by razor-thin margins on Wednesday. At […]

The state Public Utility Commission adopted a rule — which experts first recommended a decade ago following a winter storm — requiring power companies to use […]

CPS Energy CEO Paula Gold-Williams’ pending resignation is magnifying the turmoil inside the city-owned utility, whose support among customers and elected officials has fallen in recent […]

Among the new requirements, generators will be required to shelter systems from wind, protect sensors for components vital to cold-weather operations, inspect insulation, establish schedules for […]

Oil and gas industry groups provided a list of names to the Railroad Commission for appointment to a council formed in response to the February power […]