Texas' power grid operator projected electricity use would break records again this week as homes and business crank up their air conditioners to cope with another brutal summer heatwave.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas , 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 soaring demand.
After setting 11 peak demand records last summer, ERCOT forecast usage would break the current all-time high of 80,828 megawatts on June 27 four times over the next two weeks - hitting 82,362 MW on Tuesday, 82,732 MW on Thursday, 83,843 MW on July 17 and 84,135 MW on July 18. Meteorologists at AccuWeather forecast high temperatures in Houston, the biggest city in Texas, would hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday and July 15-17. That compares with a normal high of 94 F for this time of year.
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