Texans are being asked to conserve power again Sunday as extreme heat tests the state’s power grid.
The Voluntary Conservation Notice is in place between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
ERCOT said it is not experiencing emergency conditions at this time, but it is asking people to conserve energy to help them manage the grid.Records were broken this weekend as temperatures could climb to 110 degrees. This summer will be remembered for some pretty extreme temperatures, and that has repeatedly sent the demand for electricity higher than it’s ever been.ERCOT said it set a new, all-time, unofficial peak demand record of 85,435 MW on August 10, and set a new all-time weekend peak demand record of 84,805 MW on Saturday.
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