The heat we’re experiencing here in June has increased the demand for electricity, and you know it s only going to get hotter. This is Texas, after all.
After that cold snowy episode we went through back in February, hearing things like that makes me nervous, but I ll continue.
On Monday,
ERCOT (The Electric Reliability Council Of Texas) asked residents of the Lone Star State to reduce their electricity usage through Friday as a precaution. That included setting our thermostats at 78. How many people are going to do that?
Well, maybe if they knew what s going on.
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There were reportedly around 12,000 Megawatts of power unavailable, which would equal about 2.4 million homes affected to some extent.
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