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: 158 on MGRID.org

Stories about ERCOT (158)

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.
FERC and NERC Report 49,700 MW of Eastern Outages in January, and No Data Center Backup Was Used

September 11, 2026 · Analysis

3 sources FERC and NERC staff found Eastern Interconnection outages peaked near 49,700 MW in January, roughly half the Winter Storm Elliott total, while 15 first-ever DOE emergency orders authorizing…
PJM Will File Its Own Data Center Ride-Through Rule in November, Before NERC Sets Thresholds

September 10, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources PJM proposed standards on September 8 that would require large data centers to ride through transmission faults. It plans to file at FERC in November, a year before…
SMT Energy and FlexGen Start Up a 160 MW / 320 MWh Houston Battery One Quarter Past Target

September 10, 2026 · Energy Storage

4 sources SMT Energy and FlexGen began operations at a 160 MW / 320 MWh battery in Houston, Texas. They commissioned it in six weeks, one quarter past the project's…
B2U Puts 28 MWh of Repurposed EV Batteries Into ERCOT Service Near San Antonio

September 9, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources B2U Storage Solutions brought its 28 MWh Bexar Martinez site online near San Antonio, its second Texas project built from used electric vehicle battery packs.
Equinor Starts Its Largest US Battery, 100 MW in Harlingen, and Sells Into ERCOT With No Contract

September 3, 2026 · Energy Storage

4 sources East Point Energy started commercial operations at the Citrus Flatts Energy Center.
MISO Wants PMUs on Data Centers and a Separate Rulebook for Loads With 25 MW of Servers

September 2, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources MISO asked FERC on 28 August to require ramp limits, ride-through performance and phasor measurement units from any load over 50 MW, and to treat sites carrying 25…
A Study Funded by National Grid Puts Transmission Savings at $15.3 Billion Through 2050

September 1, 2026 · Analysis

3 sources CERA Consulting put customer savings from new Eastern Interconnection transmission at up to $15.3 billion through 2050, in a study funded by National Grid and two partners.
Reconductoring ERCOT Could Save 20 Billion Dollars and Skip 6,500 Miles of New Lines by 2040

August 31, 2026 · Analysis

4 sources A ClearPath study modeled by Evolved Energy Research finds that reconductoring existing ERCOT lines would cut about 20 billion dollars of transmission spending by 2040 and avoid 6,500…
Key Capture Energy Closes a $300 Million Letter of Credit to Push Storage Into NY-ISO and MISO

August 20, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources Key Capture Energy closed a $300 million letter of credit facility with Standard Chartered, aimed at holding battery projects through interconnection in the New York and Midcontinent markets.…