The Public Utility Commission has spent at least $55K suing Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office to block disclosure of records related to the Texas Energy Fund and cryptocurrency mines.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized wind energy over the years. Yet decades ago, it was Texas Republicans who started the U.S. wind-power boom.

State regulators gave CenterPoint Energy permission to charge Houston-area customers almost $1.2 billion for last year’s Hurricane Beryl and other storms.

Entergy Texas has proposed building a new transmission line across Lake Livingston. Some residents are worried about water quality impacts.

Entergy Texas, the electric utility for Houston’s fastest-growing suburbs, says new power supply is urgently needed to keep up with the region’s expansion.

Demand for utility bill assistance is only growing as rising energy costs strain families’ wallets across the Houston region, nonprofits and advocates say.

The messages on yard signs around Houston promoting free back-up generators through a government-funded program might sound too good to be true.

CenterPoint Energy wants to charge customers $1.3 billion for Hurricane Beryl and other storms. Houston-area cities say that’s too much.

Professional crisis communicators watched the news conferences with dismay. Deflecting blame is not helpful if politicians want to build trust with the public, they say.

Houston-based rooftop solar company Sunnova Energy filed for bankruptcy in June. It offers stark lessons for the future of the U.S. residential solar industry.

Less solar and wind power will be built in Texas as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law by President Donald Trump on the Fourth of July.

A year after Hurricane Beryl, none of the many bills filed by Houston-area lawmakers to require backup power at senior homes passed.

Nearly 80% of low- to moderate-income Houston-area residents said they cut back on “basic household needs” to afford electricity.

Vows of a $480M refund for CenterPoint customers have yet to be fulfilled a year after Hurricane Beryl left nearly a million Texans without power for four days.

Vows of a $480M refund for CenterPoint customers have yet to be fulfilled a year after Hurricane Beryl left nearly a million Texans without power for four days.

A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project tracks 130 proposals for gas-fired power plants in Texas.

Renewable energy and battery storage companies are canceling their Texas projects at rates unseen since 2021, according to an analysis of ERCOT data.

Texas sets aside $350M to lure advanced nuclear companies, fueling debate over risks, rewards, and the state’s energy ambitions.

Sunnova Energy, the struggling Houston-based residential solar company, has filed for bankruptcy, according to court and regulatory filings.

Sunnova Energy has laid off 718 employees, or approximately 55% of its workforce, in a desperate bid to slash costs as one of its subsidiaries files for bankruptcy.

CenterPoint executives say they have made key changes since Hurricane Beryl, so its Houston-area power grid is ready for hurricane season this year.

Houston Chronicle energy reporter Claire Hao covered the legislative session in depth; she joined me to discuss what passed, what didn't, and what it means for the future of the Texas grid

Texas bills targeting solar and wind power are dead, so the state’s flourishing renewable energy industry remains alive and well — for now.

The bill bars any offshore wind project or related grid infrastructure in Texas waters from connecting to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power grid.

CenterPoint Energy “did not adequately follow its own practices” in leasing its controversial generators for nearly $1 billion, according to a third-party audit

CenterPoint Energy will pass on $400 million of its storm costs from last May to its Houston customers via a recently approved rate increase.

Electricity demand is expected to set an all-time May record this week, according to forecasts from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

NRG Energy plans to double its power generation capacity by acquiring 18 natural gas power plants from LS Power in a deal valued at $12 billion.

The bills would require nearly every solar and wind farm in the state to back up their electricity output with natural gas power plants or a fleet of batteries.

More than 50 solar companies with Texas ties signed onto a Thursday letter pleading with members of Congress to preserve federal clean energy tax credits.

CenterPoint Energy’s Houston-area customers could require 50% more electricity during peak usage times by 2031, company executives told investors.

A bipartisan majority in the House voted to create a new taxpayer-backed fund to give companies grants to develop small nuclear plants in Texas.

The various threats to the clean energy industry could also hamper Texas’ ability to keep the lights on and grow its economy, industry professionals say.

Fervo Energy, a Houston-based geothermal company, will upsize its Cape Station project in Utah to 500 megawatts.

Some lawmakers want to re-establish a fund to help low-income Texans pay their electricity bills, inspired by the late Houston politician Sylvester Turner.

Texas' economic growth will likely slow because of tariffs, lower immigration to the state and federal government spending cuts.

Texas lawmakers will no longer push CenterPoint Energy to directly refund Houstonians for generators that went unused after Hurricane Beryl.

Texas lawmakers will no longer push CenterPoint Energy to directly refund Houstonians for generators that went unused after Hurricane Beryl.

Four companies have pulled their natural gas power plant projects from consideration from the $5 billion Texas Energy Fund loan program.

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Houston-based NRG Energy plans to build nearly 6 gigawatts of natural gas combined-cycle power plants connected directly to two data center sites.

CenterPoint will no longer charge its customers for unused generators in the Houston region once those units are donated to San Antonio this summer.

CenterPoint's earnings are expected to continue booming in the coming years as the Houston metro electrifies at a “truly remarkable” pace, CEO Jason Wells said.

The Texas Supreme Court will decide whether lawsuits filed against Texas transmission and distribution utilities after the 2021 freeze can move forward.

Companies such as Base Power, Solrite and Sonnen make money supporting the Texas power grid with batteries they own and operate.