electric reliability council of texas

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the governing body that oversees the electric grid in Texas, canceled its request Tuesday for Texans to limit and reduce electricity nearly two hours before expected.

Electricity demand in Texas is expected to hit record levels this summer, and with a thin margin of reserve power, the operator of the state’s grid says it may have to ask businesses and consumers to conserve.

The record demand for power from Texas’ power grid was topped twice Wednesday and twice again on Thursday, due in no small part to excessive triple-digit heat that remains in the forecast for the next several days. Saturday set a new record for weekend peak demand.

The record demand for power from Texas’ power grid was topped twice Wednesday, due in no small part to excessive triple-digit heat that remains in the forecast for the next several days.

A new July peak demand record for Texas was set on Tuesday for Energy Usage.

The people who run the Texas power grid warn of possible rolling black outs this summer with record demand expected and a reduction in reserve supply.

The peak usage will collide with the recent retirement of old generators.

In West Texas, an oil and gas drilling rush has overwhelmed local roadways, housing supplies and a limited pipeline network.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is warning about high demand for energy usage between 7 and 8 a.m. Wednesday morning.

With more triple digit days expected this summer than the last two, the demand for electricity this summer could set new records across Texas.

The number of large solar energy plants in Texas is projected to nearly double over the next four years.

The state’s largest electrical grid reports a new all-time record hourly demand for electricity usage Thursday afternoon.

North Texas is on a power conservation watch after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid operator for most of Texas, announced a conservation alert on Thursday.

Temperatures topping 100 degrees and an expected heat index value of 110 degrees led to a second-straight day of all-time record hourly demand for electricity usage on the state’s biggest electrical grid.

The grid operator for Texas said electric demand set a new July record Thursday, as the high temperature reached 104 degrees.