Claire Hao is a reporter at the Houston Chronicle covering the Texas power grid, the clean energy transition and other ...

Grid United, a Houston company backed by a Houston billionaire, has begun the years-long process of connecting El Paso Electric’s Western power grid to the Eastern grid, providing a new electricity ...

Data centers are largely driving the sudden rise in natural gas power projects on the waiting list to connect to Texas' grid.

State regulators have approved CenterPoint Energy's request to bill ratepayers approximately $2.9 billion to strengthen its Houston-area power grid against hurricanes and extreme weather. The request, ...

Houston-area residents cite the large electricity demands of data centers as their top concern, reflecting anxiety about the ...

CenterPoint Energy is temporarily closing lanes on Yale Street in Houston’s Heights area to install new transmission poles ...

Whenever a freeze is expected in Texas, power outages are a concern. And conditions in other parts of the state could affect the power here in the Houston area. A winter storm is in the forecast for ...

HOUSTON, Texas – As freezing temperatures persist across the state, the reliability of Texas’ power grid remains a top concern. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the ...

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For nearly a month every spring, NRG Park becomes something more than a rodeo. It becomes a city, massive in spectacle, running on an electrical system designed more like critical infrastructure than ...

A new battery storage power plant near Alvin boasts its aim to improve ERCOT grid reliability, and Tesla's battery product is being used as key equipment on the project. Bocanova Power, a 150 megawatt ...