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A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

Despite an August of brutal heat, Texans have not been asked to conserve electricity like they were last year.

Electricity demand is increasing with rising temperatures, but it’s still maintenance season for power plants, causing a supply crunch.

Amid hotter-than-expected weather, the state’s grid regulator wants plants online and available to supply electricity to meet increased demand.

Dallas Morning News Watchdog columnist Dave Lieber reports power lines would go through Louisiana to partially connect Texas’ ERCOT grid with power sources in Mississippi.

The grid operator said it's expecting electricity supply to be tight and asked Texans to conserve energy between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

District 6's Melissa Cabello Havrda filed a Council Consideration Request (CCR) this week that would modify the city's 14 percent draw from CPS Energy amid strains in the state's power grid this summer.

The Texas power grid operator reduced energy flowing along a key transmission line on Wednesday, exacerbating a power grid emergency.

ERCOT went into emergency operations Wednesday night for the first time since 2021. It's still unclear what caused the power grid to get so close to rolling blackouts so quickly.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has issued several calls for voluntary conservation this summer, and the emergency alert on Wednesday evening was the most serious.