Electricity in the state texas is started in the year of the 1880s. After years the city called Galveston which is in texas had its first power plant, they by the next 20 to 21 years all the other cities also had their power plants or power-producing unit. The major cities of texas that had Electricity Plans and electricity at night at the early times are
- Houston
- San Antonio
- El Paso
- Austin and
- Fort Worth
Early stages :
After the growth, the cities got the electricity but the rural electric power was not taken a great leap till the 1930s. Then at that time, the president of the US came up with the federal loans to farmers to make that easier. The farmers had rural electric cooperatives everywhere in the nation and get their electricity completely in 1936. And next by the year 1945, almost the texas state had its power connections in all the areas.
By this time of development, many of the cities and providers get together and forms the Texas interconnected system (TIS). This TIS was created for collecting the excess electricity from the cities and send to companies for the development of the country. But this TIS idea was not worked properly so they converted with new development in structure as ERCOT (Electricity Reliability Council of Texas).
After this in the 1990s texas had come up with the new revolution to make the electricity as a wholesale. The wholesale electricity market is a way to make people get electricity every year. So that the people can pay in advance or by after the year gets complete.
In the beginning, there were many troubles to make the electricity as the wholesale but later many states in the US were started following it. And in 1999 the electricity in texas changed to a retail connection. People in texas can able to give their details about the electricity provider.
And by now the texas is one of the major states that yield and sells the electricity as huge in the count. Though some cities and states do not have this system the wholesale market system is the major known profitable way to make the electricity everywhere to the people. That all credits go to the ERCOT which came up with good systems. In Texas, there are many electric providers and dealers to sell it accurately.
There are over approximately 25 million people in texas. By now texas can have the strength to supply the electricity day by day to all the people out there. Production of texas has a huge development by years and it is in development. The electricity in texas made by
- Natural gas
- Coal
- Oil
- Nuclear power
- Wind and solar
By today texas yield wind energy for about 28843 megawatts (MW). There are around ten thousand windmills in texas which produces electricity. The largest windmill is Roscoe wind farm which is located near to the city Roscoe. Texas is on the top of the list in comparison with other states in the US. These are the grateful sources of Texas Electricity.
