A man with American Electric Power (AEP) repairs an electricity cable during a heatwave in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. July 28, 2023.
Power grids carry reserves to ensure the system remains reliable in case a large power plant or transmission line fails unexpectedly.
ERCOT forecast demand would reach 85,296 megawatts (MW) on Thursday, just shy of its 85,435 MW record set Aug. 10.
MISO projected it would have 125,907 MW of supplies available with 120,656 MW from internal resources and 5,251 MW of imports.
That would not be enough to meet the grid's forecast peak of 127,692 MW, which would top the system's all-time high of 127,100 MW in July 2011.
Persons:
Adrees Latif, ERCOT, MISO, Brandon Morris, Morris, Scott DiSavino, Nick Zieminski
Organizations:
American Electric Power, REUTERS, Reliability, of Texas, Thomson
Locations:
Pass , Texas, U.S, Texas, Central, Houston, Dallas, Minnesota, Louisiana