ERCOT

Utility

Manages the Texas electric power grid and wholesale market, ensuring reliability for millions of Texans.

Sector: grid-operator
HQ: TX, US
Founded: 1970
Stories: 157 on MGRID.org

Stories about ERCOT (157)

NERC’s Data Center Reliability Rules Pass Final Ballot, But Existing Sites Get 36 Months to Install Recorders

October 16, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources NERC said its data center and crypto-mine reliability standards for loads of 50 MW or more at 100 kV passed final ballot on Oct. 15, 2026, and now…
LS Power Closes a $6 Billion Fund, and Its First $1.7 Billion Buys 5 GW of Gas

October 9, 2026 · Capacity & Wholesale Markets

3 sources LS Power closed a $6 billion energy infrastructure fund and has already committed about $1.7 billion of it to buying 5 GW of gas-fired generation from Constellation Energy.
Silver Basin Would Net a 180 MW Load Behind Taygete II’s 204 MW Solar Meter, But TNMP Says ERCOT Decides Too Much

October 6, 2026 · Policy & Markets

4 sources Silver Basin Digital Infrastructure and West Texas Solar Project II asked Texas regulators to net a 180 MW load behind the existing 204 MWac Taygete II solar plant…
Linea Energy Closes Financing for a 250 MW Upton County Battery, But Discloses No Price and No Offtaker

October 4, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources Linea Energy closed debt financing and a preferred equity commitment for the 250 MW / 500 MWh Mesa View battery in Upton County, Texas, without naming the amount…
Energy Vault Adds 2.3 GW of Battery Projects From Goshe, of Which 350 MW Is Ready to Build

September 22, 2026 · Energy Storage

4 sources Energy Vault acquired 15 U.S. battery projects from Boulder developer Goshe Energy Storage, with two ready-to-build sites totaling 350 MW anchoring the deal.
Texas Drops a $50,000 per MW Interconnection Fee From Its Final Data Center Rules During Its Own Queue Pause

September 21, 2026 · Policy & Markets

3 sources The Public Utility Commission of Texas eliminated a non-refundable interconnection fee and halved the security deposit for large loads, cutting what a data center fronts for an ERCOT…
NERC Sets Data Center Reliability Rules at 50 MW and 100 kV, a Threshold FERC Declined to Name

September 19, 2026 · Data Centers

5 sources NERC has drafted three data center reliability standards that bite at 50 MW, and only for sites supplied at 100 kV or above. FERC ordered the standards in…
Google Shifted 9.2 GWh Through Two Texas Batteries to Test Hourly Clean-Energy Credits

September 17, 2026 · Energy Storage

4 sources Google sponsored a three-month pilot.
Rev Renewables Puts a 250 MW CAISO Queue Entry Near $750,000 as Cluster 16 Opens October 1

September 16, 2026 · Capacity & Wholesale Markets

3 sources A 250 MW, four-hour battery project pays roughly 50,000 just to enter the California Independent System Operator's Cluster 16 interconnection queue.
Jupiter Power Closes $1.4 Billion on 1,500 MW of Texas and Michigan Batteries

September 16, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources Jupiter Power closed .4 billion in project financing for ten utility-scale battery plants in Texas and Michigan.