State Could Face Rolling Blackouts
Photo by Nasha Lee/KUT NewsTexas electric grid officials gave a bleak assessment of the state’s power capacity today. KUT’s Mose Buchele reports for StateImpact Texas.
State lawmakers heard from industry representatives about power supply, costs and conservation as they prepare for what’s supposed to be another hot, dry summer. Trip Doggett, president of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said the state needs to conserve more, or else face the possibility of rolling blackouts.
“If we were to experience an identical summer to last summer, we would still have a very tight summer,” Doggett said.
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