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How Big Batteries Could Prevent Summer Power Blackouts
In any other year, May 14 may well have been an energy disaster in Texas.
Temperatures climbed to seasonal levels not seen in over a century: 92F in Dallas, 95F in Houston and 104F in Laredo. Air conditioners hummed en masse and power demand surged. Meanwhile, scores of natural-gas powered generators were offline, getting tuned up for summer.
