A bill passed by the Texas Senate asks solar and wind plants to pay for additional power generation for when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow.

NRG Energy announced Monday plans to acquire 18 natural gas plants across nine states—including Texas—in a move aimed at powering the state’s rapidly rising energy demand. The $12 billion deal will double the company's power generation capacity,

ERCOT is expecting peak demand for residents looking to cool off. Its dashboard forecasts to shatter last year's records and potentially threaten the all-time demand record.

Thousands of people in Williamson County dealt with power outages on Tuesday, May 13. It came just as temperatures reached nearly triple digits for the first time this year.

With an early first taste of summer starting Tuesday, the demand for power will be going up, and could reach a potential record demand for the month.

Despite soaring power demand, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing to rein in renewable energy, part of a national wave of Trump-era opposition.

With record-breaking heat expected across much of the state this week, the demand on the Texas power grid is expected to break May records.

The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday that leading business interests fear would lead to an age of expensive power and rolling blackouts. If passed by the House, state S.B. 715 would require all renewable projects — even existing ones — to buy backup power,