Re: April 17 article, “ERCOT: Demand to soar by 2032”
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas predicts that, within six years, summer electric demand in Texas will not double, not triple, but quadruple.
Much of the demand will come from power-hungry data centers, which also require vast amounts of water.
Meanwhile, the commentary by Los Angeles Times Columnist Mark Z. Barabak, “A political impulse: If you don’t like it, leave,” says that one of Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows’ priorities for next year’s session is studying whether we should annex some eastern New Mexico counties.
I agree with the column that “there are better, more productive ways for lawmakers to spend their time.”
A high priority for the Republicans who run our increasingly hot and drought-ridden state should be to rethink all these data centers they keep pushing on us.
Robin McMillion
Voices of Austin @CCLATX 