Customer-owned resources are largely excluded from electricity markets where ERCOT buys energy.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...

It got more electricity from solar than it did from coal last year, a first for the second-biggest state in the country. That ...

Cheap energy has always been the quiet engine of global growth, but the scale and speed of today's shift are different. As solar, wind and storage undercut fossil fuels on price, the prospect is not ...

Texas temperatures are rising, and so is the demand for electricity. But the grid is holding up great, thanks to record amounts of solar and battery-stored energy. At noon on July 29, solar facilities ...

A boom-and-bust region is feeling the pinch from cheap oil, even as low prices help at the pump.

Expanding efforts to cut down on energy waste could help the Texas power grid accommodate more data centers without spiking ...