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Texas power use hits record high again amid heat wave

2023-08-07 23:35
Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday for the eighth time this summer as
Texas power use hits record high again amid heat wave

Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday for the eighth time this summer as homes and businesses kept air conditioners cranked up to escape a lingering heat wave.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said power use reached a preliminary 83,854 megawatts (MW), which topped the most recent record high of 83,593 MW on Aug. 1.

(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)