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Texas (ERCOT) Power Grid Status

Status
NORMAL
Plenty of power
Demand
64,137 MW
Expected (forecast)
68,808 MW
Net flow
importing 472 MW

Data as of , EIA hourly demand feed.

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About the Texas (ERCOT) grid region

Texas runs its own interconnection, operated by ERCOT, which serves roughly 90 percent of the state’s load with only weak ties to the other two grids. That isolation is why Texas grid strain makes national news. ERCOT EEA declarations are polled directly and override this region to CRITICAL when declared.

On the map, this region is part of the Texas Interconnection. Its status color comes from the ratio of actual demand to the bias-corrected day-ahead forecast: green means headroom, amber and orange mean it is tightening, and red means demand has met or passed what the operator expected, or a real emergency has been declared.

States served (by dominant load)

Texas

Grid regions follow balancing authorities, not state lines; split states are listed under the region that serves most of their load.

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Informational only. Not affiliated with the EIA or any grid operator. Do not use this page for operational or emergency decisions. For confirmed outages, check your utility.