As temperatures skyrocketed into triple digits across Texas on Tuesday, ERCOT asked residents to voluntarily conserve power due to forecasted record demand. No emergency status was issued, but the electric customers aren’t in the clear just yet.
Over the past week, ERCOT had declared a “weather watch,” which warns of possible significant weather and a high demand for electricity, in the face of a heat dome that has been driving up temperatures across the majority of Texas.
