KHOU 11 energy expert Ed Hirs says ERCOT's winter outlook has improved significantly compared to previous years.

The Texas power grid is expected to hold up through most weather conditions this winter, though the emerging data center boom ...

A Dallas homeowner says a Base Power battery gives her peace of mind after repeated outages, as the Austin-based company ...

On December 1, a coronal mass ejection associated with an X1.9 solar flare was observed. This event originated from Region 4299 and, although most of the ejecta was directed east of the Earth-Sun line ...

Scientists can usually spot coronal mass ejections before they affect Earth—but this one snuck past coronagraphs and ...

A blackout is unlikely in Texas this winter, but it always remains a possibility with the stressed ERCOT grid.

POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. — Cherie Matherne looked out into Bayou Pointe au Chien, wide enough for several boats to pass through.

The April 2025 Iberian blackout revealed critical vulnerabilities in centralized power grids, emphasizing the need for ...

More than eight years have passed since the deaths of Anita Geuvara’s sister, brother-in-law and four great nieces and nephews, who were trapped in a van West Street Recovery and Northeast Action ...

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound ...

Ten years ago, on December 5 2015, the River Lune burst its banks after heavy rain from Storm Desmond. Low-lying parts of ...

Melting ice, failing micro-hydro projects and fragile solar systems are pushing Zanskar into deeper energy vulnerability.