NEWS: This summer was 'uneventful' for the Texas grid. Why ERCOT still warns against complacency.

Texas got through this summer without a single conservation alert, but ERCOT says the calm masks deeper challenges ahead. (Houston Chronicle)

  • Cooler weather + record contributions from solar and batteries = supply ahead of demand, with wholesale prices dropping to some of their lowest August levels in years.

  • Even so, total power use in Texas jumped faster than the national average at more than 5%—fueled by data centers, crypto mines, and electrification in oil and gas.

  • ERCOT warns the real stress test will come in winter, when solar is less useful and batteries may not be able to bridge a prolonged freeze.

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