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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas power use breaks record again, more to come as heatwave lingers
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas hit a new all-time high on Monday and will likely keep breaking that record this week as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses keep their air conditioners cranked up to escape a lingering heatwave.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing about 90% of the state's power load, has said it has enough resources available to meet demand.
Extreme weather is a reminder of the February freeze in 2021 that left millions of Texans without power, water and heat for days during a deadly storm as ERCOT scrambled to prevent a grid collapse after an unusually large amount of generation shut.
AccuWeather forecast high temperatures in Houston, the biggest city in Texas, will rise from 94 Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius) on Tuesday to around 102 F Friday-Sunday. That compares with a normal high of 93 F for this time of year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/texas-power-use-breaks-record-again-more-to-come-as-heatwave-lingers/ar-AAYHxGw
SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)one w/ this heat in TX. Will gov. Abbott ever learn?
Autumn
(45,106 posts)I don't think so.
SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)tRUMP, the master con artist of the bunch.
However, I am thinking (and I may be wrong) that teflon don isn't feeling so lucky now-a-days w/ so much swirling around him, about to fall in on him.
Abbott, I don't know. His opponent Beto seems to be gaining ground, which I'm definitely glad to see.