ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch through Aug. 11, forecasting hot weather and high energy demand.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Texas’ record-breaking temperatures this summer have caused energy ...

ERCOT issued a conservation request for Sunday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., ... This Houston icon is one of the wealthiest self-made women in the U.S.

Texas’ historic heat wave this summer pummeled the state’s battle-tested energy grid.(TOM FOX / Staff Photographer) ERCOT paid bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms $2.5 million in September ...

This month, electricity customers on the ERCOT grid used a whopping 85,435 megawatts - a 7% jump from the highest-demand day last year. That difference represents enough power for 1 million homes ...

ERCOT said the request was precautionary and that it didn’t expect rolling blackouts to be necessary. In addition, ERCOT had not declared the initial stage of an energy emergency as of late ...