(Reuters) – In Texas demand for power hit a record high for a second day in a row on Tuesday as homes and businesses cranked up air conditioners to escape a brutal heat wave blanketing much of the world.
After setting 11 demand records last summer, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said usage hit a preliminary 82,035 megawatts (MW) at 1600 CT, which would top the grid’s current all-time high of 81,911 MW set on July 17.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
