On Tuesday, leaders in charge of the Texas power grid addressed concerns ahead of what could be a hot summer.
"We can say with absolute confidence to Texans, the lights will stay on this summer," said Chairman Peter Lake, Public Utility Commission of Texas.Throughout the last two weeks, an extreme heat wave has tormented Texans. Statewide, temperatures have reached historically high levels for this early in the season.
Last Friday, six power generators failed across the state. As a result, Electric Reliability Council of Texas sent out an alert urging Texans to conserve power to avoid possible outages.
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