MATAGORDA COUNTY, Texas - South Texas Project Electric Generating Station officials declared an ‘Unusual Event’ around 7:20 a.m. after losing offsite power led to Unit 1 reactor tripping offline.

Currently, the state only has two operating nuclear power reactors, one of which is in Bay City. The reactor, which is called the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, is about 90 miles ...

Xcel Energy recently converted its Harrington Station in Texas from coal to clean natural gas. The 1,018-megawatt Harrington ...