Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as many power generators are unexpectedly offline and temperatures rise

Texas Tribune Brief

English - June 15, 2021 10:00 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MB - ★★★★★ - 103 ratings
Politics News Society & Culture texas politics news election legislature immigration healthcare republican democrat policy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Some medically vulnerable Texans feel left behind as the state returns to normal

Next Episode: Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll use crowdfunding for his plan to build a border wall

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but could not provide details as to what may be causing the "very concerning" number of outages. At the same time, the state is experiencing near record June demand for electricity.