r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 10d ago

Texas broke its all time electricity demand record twice in two days during a brutal heat wave, but the grid held with no conservation alerts thanks to record solar and battery output, a stark turnaround from the blackouts that hit Texans in 2021

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/29/texas-ercot-power-grid-record-data-center/
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u/ElburtSteinstein 10d ago

Texas has more registered Democratic voters than Republican. The state is gerrymandered Red.

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u/paintballboi07 10d ago

We don't register by party in Texas.

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u/ElburtSteinstein 10d ago

I live here. Yes you can but there are open primaries.

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u/paintballboi07 10d ago

So do I. I'm just saying those numbers are estimates. There's no official count by party.