Energy Feds Pick Four Transmission Line Projects for $1.5B in Funding James Leggate October 3, 2024 No Comments Projects selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy would add nearly 1,000 miles of transmission development and 7,100 MW of capacity in Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.Read More
Digging Deeper | Energy Bechtel-led Team Expedites Finish of Large Texas Solar Power Job Daniel Tyson February 13, 2024 No Comments Bechtel is expanding the use of technology to keep work on track at its 272-MW Cutlass Solar II project in Texas, set to operate by late spring.Read More
Power Construction Texas Can't Restrict Transmission Job Competitors, Court Says Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin September 4, 2022 No Comments Developer NextEra wins in federal court dispute with utilities related to power construction in Texas that is linked to interstate grids.Read More
Call to Conserve Power Raises Questions About Texas Grid Reliability Autumn Cafiero Giusti June 18, 2021 No Comments With the days getting hotter and tropical activity picking up in the Gulf of Mexico, concerns are mounting.Read More
In Texas Power Outages, Clear Problems and No Easy Answers Corinne Grinapol Pam Radtke Russell February 24, 2021 One Comment Power outages that left 4 million cold and in the dark had happened before, but markets and politics have prevented changesRead More
Cold Weather Causes Power Blackouts, Disruptions on Jobsites Autumn Cafiero Giusti February 16, 2021 No Comments In Central Texas, contractors have temporarily halted work and are monitoring the weather day by day.Read More