ERCOT breaks all-time demand record Tuesday

Summer heat helped break the ERCOT all-time demand record Tuesday.

According to the ERCOT grid tracker, demand hit 85,931 MW at 4:50 p.m. Tuesday.

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The previous record was 85,508 MW set on August 10, 2023.

The grid tracker showed a total of 97,793 MW available at that time.

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Naturally, with the growing power demand it shouldn’t come as a surprise that ERCOT reached another peak. According to ERCOT’s records, its grid has reached peak demand hours consecutively each year.