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: 159 on MGRID.org

Stories about ERCOT (159)

PJM Stakeholders Endorse $555/MW-Day Data Center Backstop Auction, Reject Large-Load Curtailment

June 30, 2026 · Capacity & Wholesale Markets

3 sources PJM Interconnection stakeholders endorsed a two-part reliability backstop procurement plan for data center load, capping average cost at $555 per MW-day and rejecting large-load curtailment, with a FERC…
DOE Emergency Order Lets PJM Curtail 50 MW-Plus Data Centers to Backup Power During July Heat Wave

June 30, 2026 · FERC & Federal

5 sources The U.S. Department of Energy authorized PJM to curtail data centers over 50 MW to onsite backup power during the July heat wave, the second such emergency order…
Matrix Renewables Closes $1.3 Billion Financing for 859 MW Solar, 167 MWh Storage in California, Texas, Idaho

June 23, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources Matrix Renewables closed more than $1.3 billion in financing for a four-project solar and storage portfolio spanning California, Texas, and Idaho, funding two projects under construction and refinancing…
Chevron, Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal for 2.67 GW Off-Grid Gas Plant

June 22, 2026 · AI Energy Demand

4 sources Chevron and Microsoft signed a 20-year agreement for Project Kilby, a 2.67-gigawatt off-grid natural gas plant near Pecos, Texas, that will power a Microsoft AI data center beginning…
Digital Realty Signs 600 MW Evergy Power Deal for Kansas City Data Center Campus, Scalable to 2 GW

June 22, 2026 · Data Centers

4 sources Digital Realty signed a 600 MW Energy Service Agreement with Evergy for a De Soto, Kansas data center campus that is structured to scale to 2 GW at…
Texas PUC Approves ERCOT ‘Batch Zero’ Process for 438 GW of Large-Load Requests, 75 MW Threshold

June 18, 2026 · Policy & Markets

5 sources Texas regulators approved ERCOT's "Batch Zero" process on June 18, 2026, replacing project-by-project reviews with a single systemwide study that screens 438 GW of large-load requests, nearly 89…
Aypa Power, SRP Bring 250 MW/1,000 MWh Pediment Battery Online

June 16, 2026 · Energy Storage

5 sources Aypa Power and Salt River Project brought the 250 MW/1,000 MWh Pediment battery storage system online in Mesa, Arizona, contracted entirely to the utility.
Cummins to Power Circe Energy’s West Texas AI Data Centers With 2 GW

June 16, 2026 · AI Energy Demand

3 sources Cummins agreed to supply natural gas generator sets for Circe Energy's behind-the-meter microgrids powering AI and high-performance computing data centers in West Texas, a platform set to reach…
GM Activates 250,000 Bidirectional EVs

June 9, 2026 · EVs

3 sources General Motors said it will turn roughly 250,000 bidirectional electric vehicles already on U.S. roads into a virtual power plant through a software update alone, with no new…
ERCOT Says Four Data Center and Crypto Groups Failed a Voltage Test

June 5, 2026 · Data Centers

4 sources ERCOT found four data center and crypto groups that failed voltage ride-through tests, each able to trip more than 5,000 MW and trigger cascading outages.