The state’s grid operater was able to maintain supply without needing to call for any conservation.
The massive demand was unusual for two reasons. First, it came in June, which tends to be slightly less hot than the state’s warmest late-summer months.
It also came on the weekend, when electricity demand tends to be slightly lower as many office buildings are empty.But the weekend has been extremely hot even by Texas standards, with much of the state over 100 degrees. On Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service had issued a heat advisory for
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