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The Texas power-grid operator forecast electricity use will break the peak demand record for June on Thursday before rising even higher and topping the July record next week as homes and ...
As the heat wave continues to shatter records across the country, including in Texas, energy demand for things like air conditioning have frequently taxed the state’s delicate power grid with ...
The fragility of the Texas grid was highlighted in 2021, when a massive blackout killed dozens and left millions without power, water and heat for days as gas supply lines and power plants froze.
In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [ 6] 13–17, [ 7] and 15–20. The storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages of water, food, and heat. [ 8]
ERCOT said power use reached a preliminary 81,351 megawatts (MW) at 6 p.m. CST (2300 GMT), topping the grid's previous record of 80,828 MW set on June 27. Meteorologists at AccuWeather forecast ...
The stifling heat wave, with temperatures reaching well into 100 degrees, has been caused by a large high-pressure heat dome aloft that has hit central Mexico, meteorologist Victor Murphy told the ...
Most Texas cities and counties would be unprepared to respond to a heat wave should it coincide with a power outage, experts who study extreme heat and the Texas power grid said. As heat indexes ...
(Reuters) -Power prices in Texas soared on Friday with electric use expected to hit a record high as homes and businesses blasted their air conditioners to escape another sweltering heat wave. So ...