With temperatures expected to range from the single digits in the Panhandle to the mid-teens in Dallas and Midland, ERCOT issued a statewide weather watch in anticipation of high demand.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has given the approval for CenterPoint Energy to move ahead with a proposal to utilize 15 large emergency generation units to help address the state’s generation shortfall concerns.

With extreme weather conditions forecasted yet again in Houston, along with ERCOT issuing its weather watch, CenterPoint Energy is preparing for any type of emergency response that may come up.

ERCOT is monitoring weather conditions closely and will deploy all available tools to manage the grid, continuing a reliability-first approach to operations. In anticipation of the extreme cold weather,