summer heat

ERCOT leaders are looking for enough back-up power for 600,000 homes per-hour as we head into the winter months. They expect a volatile season ahead and just put a request in for proposal at an early Tuesday morning meeting. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has the story.

On Tuesday, the agency that manages the state’s electric grid came together to talk about the winter season.

NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen tells us how the agency is preparing the power grid as winter approaches.

If you want to know what the high temperature is for the day, you probably turn on the news or check an app on your phone. Noelle Walker shows us another more creative way to find out.

A Denton woman is using her crafty crochet skills to keep track of the ever-changing North Texas weather.

This is a North Texas summer for the record books, with Dallas County reporting 13 heat-related deaths and Tarrant County reporting 14 heat-related deaths.

This is a North Texas summer for the record books, with Dallas County reporting 13 heat-related deaths and Tarrant County reporting 14 heat-related deaths. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports first responders are feeling burned out.

Once again ERCOT is calling on Texans to conserve energy by raising thermostats and conserve energy as electricity demand outpaces supply.

Once again ERCOT is calling on Texans to conserve energy by raising thermostats and conserve energy as electricity demand outpaces supply. NBC 5’s Alicia Barrera spoke to energy experts about the power supply.

The triple-digit temperatures in Texas have had a negative impact on many businesses. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil talked to North Texas businesses taking a hit during the summer heatwave.

Sunday’s much-needed rain wasn’t enough to help raise lake levels across the region but it did create some pretty choppy conditions causing some people to take shelter. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero shows us how the heat, drought and increased water usage is putting a damper on the perfect way to close out the Summer.

Beat the heat while staying stylish with the latest trends from Avara.

Christopher Begley, a United Parcel Service package car driver, was delivering in the Farmersville area Aug. 23, when he notified UPS that he was not feeling well, the company said in a written statement.

As this record-heat persists the number of North Texans losing their life from a heat-related illness continues to climb.

Doctor Philip Huang, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, adds the number will rise after the medical examiner’s office completes death investigations in August.

Heat-related illnesses are a serious matter. At Parkland Health’s emergency room, this year’s visits are nearly six times what they were last year.

Whether you’ve lived in North Texas for 20 years or 2 days the heat is no joke. Candace Sweat went digging through heat reports and found some numbers that are a little surprising. At Parkland Health’s emergency room; this year’s heat related visits are six times what they were last year. She talked with North Texans about how they’re handling...

ERCOT announced it will issue a new Weather Watch beginning Wednesday over concerns about supply and demand during this heatwave. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan talked to ERCOT’s president and CEO Pablo Vegas about what comes after voluntary request to conserve energy.

Temperatures have been so high recently the state’s energy grid operator, ERCOT, asked Texans to voluntarily cut back on energy – twice in the past few days.

An excessive heat warning and fire risks are in effect for North Texas until late Sunday evening. Still, people are stepping up to meet the needs of others despite the ongoing oppressive temperatures.