New today: Two new demands on the grid make the approaching season different from previous near-miss summers. Because #Texas operates largely as an isolated grid, it cannot easily draw on neighboring regions when those pressures converge—the full weight falls on a system designed to carry it alone. texasobserver.org/texas-power-…

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Texas Nights Are Getting Hotter, and the Power Grid Isn’t Ready

The state grid was built on the assumption that demand would fall at night. As hotter evenings and around-the-clock power use erase that drop, the system is being pushed in ways its original design did not fully anticipate.

^{Mezabahnur Masum (The Texas Observer)}