The Texas electricity grid operator is asking people in the state to conserve energy throughout the week, warning of tight power conditions amid high summer demand.

The request from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, the state’s grid operator, comes only a few months after unusually cold temperatures plunged millions of Texans into darkness for multiple days while the state struggled to regain enough power supply to meet demand.

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