Tesla subsidiary reportedly building mega-battery project near Houston

Just a few weeks after Winter Storm Uri caused a power emergency in Texas, information is surfacing about a mega-battery project that could connect to the electricity grid.

Gambit Energy Storage LLC, a subsidiary of California-based Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA), is building the project in Angleton, about 40 miles south of Houston in Brazoria County, according to media reports and public documents.

The more than 100 megawatt energy storage project is registered with the Electric Reliability Council…