Texas Set to Become First US State to Hit a Petawatt-Hour of Electricity
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-09-16
- ERCOT, Texas's grid operator, is on track to become the first US state to reach a petawatt-hour of annual electricity generation.
- The acceleration is striking: moving from 300 TWh to 400 TWh took about 20 years; 400 to 500 TWh took only about 4 years.
- Texas already produces nearly twice as much electricity as any other state, and the gap keeps widening — often cited as a symptom of AI data-center-driven power demand.
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