An excessive heat warning in Texas is prompting health officials to take action, saying residents should keep cool and stay out of the sun.
Still, as the first heat wave of the year hits the Lone Star State, concerns about the extreme weather are mounting. Chief among them are worries about the state's power grid and whether the infrastructure will be able to handle record power usage as temperatures soar.
ERCOT, or the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, says the heat wave will cause surges in power demand as people turn the dials on air conditioning. The state's grid operator even expects to set new records in electricity demand, beating last year's July heat wave. But what's still fresh in Texans' minds is February of 2021, when the opposite end of the extreme weather spectrum left millions without electricity, water and heat for days on end as a deadly winter storm whipped across the state."The reality is that people who live in these marginal, vulnerable communities ... they find themselves in a constant state of need and recovery facing these shocks and these stresses," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said.
Experts say millions of Texas residents will struggle through the scorching heat in the coming days, and staying cool means staying safe.
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