11+ hour, 36+ min ago   (672+ words) The facility may end up running only on natural gas. Los Angeles' biggest gas-fired power plant was supposed to be headed toward a cleaner future. Instead, the city's $800 million plan to add hydrogen-capable turbines at the beachside Scattergood Generating Station…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (714+ words) "Regular unleaded in the Austin-San Marcos area is … about 98 cents more per gallon than one year ago." As conflict involving Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, drivers and households in Central Texas are starting to feel the impact…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (423+ words) "I called Tesla to see if I could buy another panel to fill that spot, and they said no." One Tesla solar panel owner says a warranty repair that fixed one issue created another. The man took to Reddit's r…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (589+ words) "This frenzy of gas proposals is running headlong into the hurdles of an already tight gas market." Texas' expanding pipeline of proposed gas-fired power plants is set to power surging electricity demand from data centers. According to San Antonio Current,…...

5+ day ago   (543+ words) A packed and at times tense crowd gathered in Wichita Falls for a public debate over the spread of data centers in Texas. Residents expressed significant concerns over what data centers could mean for power, water, and the local way…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (427+ words) Over the 20-year life of the program, that works out to roughly $2,300 in savings per panel. For San Antonio residents who rent, live under heavy tree cover, or have roofs that are not well-suited for solar panels, going solar is…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (537+ words) "[I'm] in the Northeast and I would kill to have this bill." A Texas homeowner's question about a $230 monthly electric bill turned into a reality check on how uneven power costs can be across the country. On Reddit, the homeowner…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (630+ words) AI companies are now running into two major constraints at once: chip supply and electricity supply. A secretive SpaceX facility in Bastrop, Texas, may be part of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's latest effort to speed up the artificial…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (544+ words) On-demand cleaner electricity remains a hot commodity. A next-generation geothermal plant in South Texas has quietly reached a major milestone. Houston-based Sage Geosystems has been producing electricity for the grid for more than 120 days, making it the third of its…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (533+ words) "There's been a lot of noise pollution, which is causing migraines and headaches." A proposed Hut 8 data center development in Calallen, Texas, is drawing renewed scrutiny after newly disclosed figures showed that the Beacon Point plan — which could become one…...