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Six of Texas’s cities made up the top 10 hottest cities on Thursday, and it’s expected to stay that way heading into Friday — igniting fears that severe temperatures could put further stress on the state’s energy grid, a day after Texas’s grid operator issued an energy emergency for the first time this summer.
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ERCOT issued an Energy Emergency Alert Level 2 on Sept. 6, meaning there was less than 2,000 megawatts of spare capacity left on the state’s grid. The warning came after ERCOT reported 10 new all-time peak demand records this summer.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked Houston residents and businesses to conserve electricity due to continued high temperatures, high demand, low wind and declining solar power generation Wednesday evening.
ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas are asking Texans to reduce their electricity use, if safe to do so, on Wednesday evening.. The request goes...