Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high.
, released in May, predicted that the peak usage would come on Aug. 10 and remain at 77,317 megawatts. Those sentiments were echoed by ERCOT Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake, who warned in early May that the state's main power grid
Workers repair a power line, June 29, 2023, in Houston, as an unrelenting heat wave in Texas put extra demand on the system.Fortunately for Texas residents, wind and solar energy has been optimal in the months that followed ERCOT's seasonal assessment, Pat Milligan, senior manager and commercial energy advisory for the ICF Climate Center, told ABC News.
Without wind and solar power, there would have been a higher likelihood of outages last week, Doug Lewin, president of Stoic Energy, director of the Texas Energy Summit and author of"But what is an absolute certainty is that electric bills would have been much higher," Lewin said.
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