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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has actually expanded its most recent weather watch yet once more as summertime heat continues the state.

Its watch initially entered into impact Sunday as well as was expected to last up until Monday. It after that expanded it that day to Friday as well as on Friday revealed it would certainly remain in area up until the complying with week on Aug. 18.

Weather watches do not suggest the grid remains in an emergency circumstance, however is a very early alert for Texans to display grid problems. It is a sort of alert that is brand-new this year as well as component of the team’s initiatives to maintain Texans notified concerning the power grid. ERCOT stated the grid is expected to be typical throughout these sorts of signals.

In its sharp Friday, ERCOT stated it expanded the watch “due to ongoing forecasted higher temperatures, higher electrical demand and the potential for lower reserves.”

The KXAN First Warning Weather group is anticipating highs well over 100 levels for the following week. Austin is presently experiencing its lengthiest touch of triple-digit heat, having actually established a brand-new document of 34 days in a row Thursday.

“ERCOT continues to monitor conditions closely and will deploy all available tools to manage the grid, continuing a reliability-first approach to operations. There is not a current expectation of an energy emergency, and this is not a call for conservation,” it stated.