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Texas power use hits 3rd record this week in heat wave
Published Aug 10, 2023 06:48PM ET
Updated Aug 11, 2023 12:00PM ET
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of electric lines as demand for power surges during a period of hot weather in Houston, Texas, U.S. June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare/File Photo
(Reuters) -Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Thursday for the third time this week and the tenth time this summer as homes and businesses cranked up air conditioners to escape a lingering heat wave.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing about 90% of the state's power load, said it has enough power to meet current demand.
ERCOT said usage hit a preliminary 85,435 megawatts (MW) Thursday, which topped the record high of 83,961 MW hit on Wednesday.
Thursday’s peak is 5,287 MW over last year’s demand record of 80,148 MW set in July 2022.
The current demand record will likely be broken again on Friday with ERCOT forecasting usage will reach 86,621 MW.
Temperatures in Houston, the biggest city in Texas, were as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40°C) on Thursday, according to AccuWeather.
Texas has worried about extreme weather since a deadly storm in February 2021 that left millions without power, water and heat for days as ERCOT struggled to avoid a grid collapse.
In the real-time market, prices briefly topped $4000 per megawatt hour in some Texas ERCOT hubs, according to its website.
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dylan mulvaney
Aug 11, 2023 12:57PM ET
In CA, they have had government meetings considering restricting people from charging their electric cars to only certain times or days of the week. Keep this in mind, leftists want you to buy electric but then restrict your ability to use electricity.
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Alan Rice
Aug 11, 2023 12:57PM ET
Yeah. EVs are greenwash.
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dylan mulvaney
Aug 11, 2023 12:56PM ET
Yes, it is middle of summer and Texas population has hit record high will migration form CA and NY, also many more people have electric cars. Leftists push people to buy electric cars and then push out propaganda like this that say "OMG THE POWER GRID IS STRUGGLING FOR SOME REASON!"
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EL LA
Aug 11, 2023 12:06PM ET
Summer is just about over...only a couple weeks left to go then on to beautiful September. Cheers!
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