![]() “We are approaching 2011 temperatures now and we are approaching a 2011 summer and the grid is holding together and I have high confidence that it will continue to do so throughout the summer,” Jones said. Wednesday was the 11th time this year that Texas set a new all-time record for consuming electricity.ĮRCOT interim CEO Brad Jones said Wednesday in an interview with NBC News that his team is preparing for the possibility that this summer could top 2011, the hottest on record. ![]() But this has been a summer of soaring heat and shattering power records. To put the 80,000-megawatt number into perspective, that’s more power than California and New York state are expected to consume Wednesday afternoon - combined.Ĭalifornia's peak demand was about 40,000 megawatts Wednesday afternoon and New York state was about 30,000, according to each state’s real-time grid tracking information posted online.ĮRCOT's seasonal forecast predicted the state would not top 77,000 megawatts this summer even in the most extreme weather - so 80,000 megawatts is a number not expected by the experts. ![]() Power industry sources told NBC 5 Wednesday they did not anticipate any problems, barring any unexpected failures at a large number of power plants and ERCOT finished the day without issuing any kind of emergency alerts. ![]() What Do ERCOT's Energy Emergency Alerts Mean? ![]()
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