Texas is a trailblazer in renewable energy and has long secured its national lead with early investments in one key area: transmission. Transmission lines are the lifeblood of the Texas energy grid, carrying power from rural regions that are generating energy to the population hubs across the state, like Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. New […]
Scattered across the acres of open fields, dozens of wind turbines stood tall one morning last month, some moved their blades with the wind as designed. Others didn’t move at all. The inactivity at the Las Majadas Wind project was by design. This set of windmills in the Rio Grande Valley were generating more power […]
Every summer, Texans pay billions more for power than they should because of grid congestion. While the state’s customers wait years for new transmission lines, the industry is missing an obvious, simple solution: fixing wind prediction. Even a light wind can double the capacity of a transmission line by cooling it down. Accounting for this […]
Gridraven, an Austin-based grid intelligence company, today released a new study on a major transmission line between Calaveras and Pawnee in south-central Texas. The analysis finds that grid congestion led to higher power prices in the region this summer, and that applying sensorless dynamic line rating (DLR) could have saved local ratepayers between $2 and […]
Enverus Intelligence® Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company that leverages generative AI across its solutions, has released a report analyzing the future of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), including its 765 kV transmission line expansion and evolving power market dynamics. The report reveals that ERCOT has added […]
Panhandle Solar Group announced it has entered Standard Generation Interconnection Agreements with Cross Texas Transmission, which will allow its planned Bunk House 345 kilovolt substation to deliver power to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid.
Utility bills are rising faster than ever. In the first half of 2025 alone, utilities requested $29 billion in rate increases, already a record for any full year, with months still to go. That’s more than double the pace of 2024.
CPS Energy has approved a $175 million project as a part of a segment of the San Antonio South Reliability Project. The project includes developing 24.5-mile, 345-kilovolt double-circuit transmission line from Howard Road Station to San Miguel Station. The project, part of a larger $329.1 million grid upgrade, aims to improve area’s reliability and reduce […]
A more robust grid is imperative for our security and independence.
The Texas House of Representatives got a crash course in Grid Enhancing Technologies during their six-month session, which ended on June 2, with HB 5200. “An act relating to the evaluation and use of Grid Enhancing Technologies and High Performance Conductors,” authored by Representative Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas), aimed to increase transmission capacity
