CPS Energy and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas both experienced new all-time energy demand records this week.
Power lines run from CPS Energy’s Calaveras Power Station in Southeast San Antonio. On Thursday, San Antonio recorded 108 degrees Fahrenheit, the fourth hottest day on record.CPS Energy and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas both experienced new all-time high energy demand records this week as temperatures soared across the state, with San Antonio reaching a searing 108 degrees on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the municipally owned utility set a new all-time high energy demand record of 5,858 megawatts between 6 and 7 p.m., surpassing the previous record of 5,703 megawatts set on Aug. 21, 2023. One megawatt is enough to power about 250 homes on a hot Texas day. “This record highlights the extraordinary demand on our energy grid as San Antonio reached a scorching 108°F, which not only broke the record high for this date but also tied for the fourth hottest temperature ever recorded in our city’s history!” the utility wrote
Statewide demand was in a similar position this week. On Tuesday, it hit 85,559 megawatts, breaking the previous record of 85,508 megawatts set last August. Last summer, ERCOT saw the state reach transmission squeezesin 2022 for the summer months that help it communicate with customers how stable or dire the local energy constraints are and if higher levels of conservation are necessary.
Lindsey Carnett covers the environment, science and utilities for the San Antonio Report. A native San Antonian, she graduated from Texas A&M University in 2016 with a degree in telecommunication media...
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