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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jun 21, 2022, 01:08 PM Jun 2022

Texas power use breaks record again, more to come as heatwave lingers

(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas hit a new all-time high on Monday and will likely keep breaking that record this week as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses keep their air conditioners cranked up to escape a lingering heatwave.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers representing about 90% of the state's power load, has said it has enough resources available to meet demand.

Extreme weather is a reminder of the February freeze in 2021 that left millions of Texans without power, water and heat for days during a deadly storm as ERCOT scrambled to prevent a grid collapse after an unusually large amount of generation shut.

AccuWeather forecast high temperatures in Houston, the biggest city in Texas, will rise from 94 Fahrenheit (34.4 Celsius) on Tuesday to around 102 F Friday-Sunday. That compares with a normal high of 93 F for this time of year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/texas-power-use-breaks-record-again-more-to-come-as-heatwave-lingers/ar-AAYHxGw

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Texas power use breaks record again, more to come as heatwave lingers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
So they had an Armageddon w/ the cold weather, and now they are close to having SWBTATTReg Jun 2022 #1
Abbott knows. Will Texas voters ever learn? Autumn Jun 2022 #2
I know your feelings about the voters ever learning that he's a con. The same way I feel about SWBTATTReg Jun 2022 #3

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
1. So they had an Armageddon w/ the cold weather, and now they are close to having
Tue Jun 21, 2022, 01:12 PM
Jun 2022

one w/ this heat in TX. Will gov. Abbott ever learn?

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
3. I know your feelings about the voters ever learning that he's a con. The same way I feel about
Tue Jun 21, 2022, 01:20 PM
Jun 2022

tRUMP, the master con artist of the bunch.

However, I am thinking (and I may be wrong) that teflon don isn't feeling so lucky now-a-days w/ so much swirling around him, about to fall in on him.

Abbott, I don't know. His opponent Beto seems to be gaining ground, which I'm definitely glad to see.

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