Texas #PowerPrices hit quadruple digits during one of the hottest days on record. At 105.2 degrees F, Aug. 17 was the Electric Reliability Council of #Texas' second-hottest day in population-weighted high temperatures since CustomWeather started collecting the statistic in 2015. The power market set systemwide hub real-time prices in quadruple digits for 6.5 hours in the afternoon and evening. ERCOT's power demand on Aug. 17 approached its 85.4-GW all-time record, set on Aug. 10. Still, it did not break it, possibly because ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas requested voluntary conservation of power use from 3 pm to 8 pm CT. These insights and more here: https://okt.to/mLlt8E
