Extreme heat in June offers a test and a warning for the Texas grid

Air conditioning units line the roof of an apartment complex in Austin. The heat this week in Texas is expected drive up energy use and test the resilience of the state’s electric grid.

Current forecasts have Dallas and Houston in the 90s every day this week and nearing triple digits on some days. Austin is expected to hit triple digits every day and reach a possible high of 104 degrees on Friday. San Antonio is expected to be hotter even than Austin. If Texas' biggest cities"all are going to be pushing 100 degrees at the same time, it's really an indication of when the grid is going to be peaking,” said Joshua Rhodes, a research associate at the Webber Energy Group at UT Austin,"because the majority of peak demand in the summertime is driven by air conditioning.”

Currently, the state’s grid manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, expects there to be enough energy supply to meet record-breaking demand. ERCOT also has ways of reducing demand short of enacting a planned blackout if necessary.

Four million *more* people are here than when the last Drought hit hard. For perspective, the median population *state* in the US has ~4.6 million people. Texas gained a whole state worth of people to keep cool.

AbbottMustGo

MoseBuchele Resilience? State grid has been a failure! GregAbbott_TX has not invested bc he does not care except for for profit grid.

MoseBuchele En español: El calor de esta semana probablemente hará que el consumo de energía alcance nuevos máximos y pondrá a prueba la resistencia de la red eléctrica del estado ante lo que se espera que sea un verano abrasador.

MoseBuchele The grid! The grid! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

brooklynmarie MoseBuchele So, does the”R” in ERCOT_ISO REALLY stand for “Reliability”? That’s hilarious!

MoseBuchele TexasNeedsNewLeadership

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