Tight grid conditions have become a source of anxiety, confusion and trauma, and conservation requests are a reminder that the state still struggles to keep up with the growing demand for power.
Inside a north Houston community center that served as a designated cooling facility for people to avoid the heat on Wednesday, Willetha Miller parked her walker, sat on a bench and sipped a Sprite as she waited for her ride home. Next to her was a blue “beat the heat” sign, sponsored by energy giant Reliant.Miller, 58, was at the cooling facility only briefly. She said she would attempt to do her part to conserve energy when she went home.
“But there’s got to be something for people that have health issues,” Miller said. “Everyone can’t get up and go to a cooling center. I’m on a walker — I can’t go to no cooling center all the time.” “People should be able to have the thermostat at wherever they want it,” Lee said, while eating a meal from Chick-fil-A in the air-conditioned Barton Creek Square Mall. “The government needs to come up with innovative ways to keep the power grid up or get [electricity] from somewhere else.”
In Lubbock, on the other side of the state, Angela Flores said she takes conservation alerts seriously because she doesn’t want to face power outages.
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