In June, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation requiring data centers and other large, non-critical power consumers in ERCOT to accept curtailment during firm load shed events.

As previously reported, Senator Phil King and Senator Charles Schwertner introduced Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB6) in February 2025. After various ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The operator of Louisiana’s power transmission grid says an emergency system limit triggered a forced outage on May 25, cutting electricity to more than 100,000 ...

MISO faced scrutiny from New Orleans city council members over a massive power outage during Memorial Day weekend, as they seek solutions to prevent future incidents.

On Sunday, the Greater New Orleans region experienced a load shed event, shutting off power for nearly 100,000 people. During a load shed event, utilities are ordered by a regional transmission ...

Louisiana’s electric grid was missing a huge amount of power last weekend because of unplanned outages at power plants, contributing to MISO's decision to order forced blackouts.

Entergy and MISO blame each other for surprise blackouts affecting over 125,000 customers in Louisiana ...

“Entergy New Orleans is currently subject to a load-shed order from MISO,” an Entergy New Orleans spokesperson revealed Sunday.

Promoting transparency and credibility in load forecasting. Protecting residential customers from outages by requiring large loads to share the load-shed obligation during shortages.

What Caused the Outage? According to Entergy, the blackout was a load shed order, a last-resort measure taken when a grid can’t supply enough power to everyone who needs it.

Earlier this evening, MISO issued a load shed request (temporary power outages) of approximately 600 MW in Louisiana to @Entergy and @ClecoPower to maintain the reliability of the bulk electric ...

The Sunday outage has led New Orleans officials to press for answers over why little notice was given prior to the order from grid operator MISO, which said it was necessary as a last resort.