Ercot: Grid Should Meet Upcoming Electricity Demands

JIM MALEWITZ | THE TEXAS TRIBUNE, The Monitor (Texas)
Tue, 09/02/2014 - 1:48pm

Texas should have more than enough electricity to keep its lights on this fall and winter, the operator of the grid covering most of the state says.

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