Texas Power Grid Warns of Outages as Temperatures Rise

Unseasonably high temperatures are scorching the state this week.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a weather watch for Wednesday, warning Texas residents that the electric grid supply will be tight as 'high levels of expected maintenance outages' cause lower reserves.Unseasonably hot temperatures are scorching Texas this week, pushing into the 100s, with Wednesday posing the most widespread risk of heat impacts, according to the National Weather Service HeatRisk index.

According to a supply and demand forecast on ERCOT's website, conditions are expected to be tightest in the evening hours. At around 8 p.m. Wednesday, available capacity is expected to be 67,798 megawatts, and the demand is expected to surge to 65,368 megawatts.

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