Texas’s blackout risk this summer has dropped from 16% to under 1%, thanks to a major boost in solar and battery storage. (Inside Climate News)
ERCOT added 9,600 MW of new capacity since last year, more than half of which came from solar and nearly 4,000 MW from batteries.
Even as lawmakers push new gas funding, ERCOT’s queue remains dominated by solar and storage, with renewables now covering more than half of Texas’s peak demand on multiple June days.