[txcwpalpha]

"it's not even hot yet" what?

May 2022 is on track to be the hottest May on record in Texas. It's already hitting over 100 degrees in most of Texas. It does not typically get this hot until July. Most of the country is facing a huge heat wave this last week, and while some of the country got a reprieve this weekend, Texas did not.

For comparison, this time last year the temperature was in the 70s/low 80s. The average high for May in Austin is 86. The temperature this week in Austin is forecast to be over 100.

It's ridiculous that the Texas grid can't handle this, but to say "it's not even hot yet" is disingenuous. It's fucking hot.

https://news.yahoo.com/texas-shatters-heat-record-temps-1805...

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2022-05-06-heat-w...

https://www.kvue.com/article/weather/may-2022-track-to-be-wa...

[psbp]

July and August are much hotter. The suggestion is that if the Texas grid cannot handle unseasonable weather by a month or two, we are in a very dangerous situation going forward. Especially since unexpected weather seems to be increasingly common.

[diogenescynic]

You’re nitpicking. He’s just saying it’s only May and the hottest months are still coming up.

[bamboozled]

Not nitpicking, it’s hot, just arrived in Florida which was much cooler…

[kardianos]

Texas power is doing just fine.

[cthalupa]

https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards/supplyanddemand

Supply is barely outstripping demand and we July and August are going to be hotter. That's not "doing just fine."

[CamperBob2]

Well, evidence from the recent past suggests otherwise, and we're being told differently now. Got any specific points to make?