Back to article
EIA: Press Releases

Electricity generation from solar could exceed coal in ERCOT for the first time in 2026 (opens in new tab)

Covered by 8 sources See all sources covering this story including Mother Jones, codingrelic.geekhold.comDiscussed on Hacker News

Covered in 12 articles

Mother Jones·

Solar Electricity Is Poised to Overtake Coal in—of All Places—Texas

Discussed on Hacker News
Feeds
codingrelic.geekhold.com·

Renewable power generation in Texas

Discussed on Blogger
Feeds
CultureMap Dallas·

Texas cashes in among top-10 best U.S. state economies in 2026 report

Feeds
CultureMap Dallas·

Solar power poised to surpass coal for the first time in Texas

Feeds
The Cool Down·

Texas solar poised to top coal for the first time in major power shift

Feeds
The Cool Down·

Texas approves $250 million plan to build hundreds of new EV fast chargers

Feeds
Small Business Trends·

Solar Power Set to Outpace Coal in Texas for the First Time in 2026

Feeds
Grist·

Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year

Feeds
Heatmap News
·

What’s Next After Fervo’s Gangbusters Stock Market Debut

Feeds
CleanTechnica·

Trump Whacks Wind But Can’t Sack Solar Power

Feeds

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation

Next / previous post
j/k
Open post
oorEnter
Preview post
v

Post Actions

Love post
a
Like post
l
Dislike post
d
Undo reaction
u
Save / unsave
s

Recommendations

Add interest / feed
Enter
Not interested
x

Go to

Home
gh
Interests
gi
Feeds
gf
Likes
gl
History
gy
Changelog
gc
Settings
gs
Discover
gb
Search
/

General

Show this help
?
Submit feedback
!
Close modal / unfocus
Esc

Press ? anytime to show this help