A small regional electric cooperative in far ... Greg Casar, D-Austin, introduced legislation to force Texas to interconnect with the nation’s power grid. The bill has seen little movement ...

AUSTIN – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will be giving an update on the state's response to the incoming winter storm that's forecasted to bring sleet and several inches of snow. Abbott is set to speak from ...

SMECI, which began commercial operation in 1982, currently produces 391 MW of electricity through a wholesale power contract with South Texas Electric Cooperative (STEC), which, in turn ...

In a letter to The Texas Tribune on Saturday, Courter said the cooperative is a respected South Texas power provider "that has served a community of rural South Texans since 1982 with reliable and ...

Another Arctic blast of freezing temperatures will test the ERCOT grid during this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and ...

After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has a dashboard that allows you to monitor real-time grid conditions. This is a real-time look at the supply of power and demand, as reported by ERCOT. It ...

"Bears get into problems when there's food involved," Hewitt told Texas Co-op Power. "Outside that, they're good at keeping to themselves." However, it's possible for humans and bears to ...

While coal and natural gas remain king in Texas ... power plant in South Texas will transition into a solar and battery facility. The USDA announced Dec. 19 that San Miguel Electric Cooperative ...

Austin has been the capital of Texas since 1839, but did you know a brief ‘war’ nearly made Houston the seat of power in the Lone Star State?

Snow, sleet and freezing rain across Central and South Texas could bring down power lines, causing localized outages ...

More brutal cold is coming for Austin this weekend, prompting worries about the power grid. AUSTIN, Texas - More brutal cold will hit Austin this coming weekend, putting much of Texas into a deep ...