Climate change is driving increases in electricity demand and cost in Texas’ ERCOT market due to need for cooling in extreme heat, suggests a paper in #AMSWCAS. Power demand in 2023 was 1.9 GW (3.9%) higher than in 1950–1980.

Read the paper, by @andrewdessler.com: doi.org/10.1175/WCAS...

Hey would you look at that, I'm getting published in @AMSWCAS. #LightningSafety