Texas breaks electricity demand record as scorching triple digit temperatures continue
June 13, 2022 8:25AM CDT
This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 file photo shows power lines in Houston. The electric grid manager for most of Texas issued an electricity conservation watch Tuesday, April 13, 2021 appealing to customers to conserve electricity despite weather conditions typical for spring. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — It wasn’t just the temperature setting records in Texas over the weekend.
The highest ever demand for electricity happened Sunday at 5:20 P.M when the electricity usage topped 75,000 megawatts.
That tops the previous record in August 2019 when the demand was 74,000 megawatts.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says even with the higher than usual demand, there was still plenty of power available.
The spike in demand is a bit early in the year. It also happened on a weekend, when many office buildings are closed.
The temperature topped 100 degrees in many areas of the state over the weekend and that’s expected to continue this week.
ERCOT reported just a few power outages in Texas over the weekend.
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