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what kind of toll are these temps taking? >> reporter: yeah, it's been brutal. we're on the second day of an excessive heat warning here in dallas and across much of texas. the high today should be around 102, the feels-like or the heat index, 112 or more. a lot of kids show up and jump into the fountain, that's the way they are dealing with it. for most across the state, it means turning down the thermostat and keeping things cool, staying inside. of course that's a big strain on the state's energy. ercot, which runs the grid for 26 million people across the state, that's about 96% of the texas's power load says they're confident they can meet demands here. we know that yesterday a record was broken for energy usage, more than 81,000 megawatts. they expect to break that record today. and get this, we're going to have over the next ten days