(Reuters] – Texas power demand reached a record monthly level on Tuesday. This will be broken by Texas on Wednesday. As consumers turn up the air conditioners to avoid the heatwave of spring, they are likely to break another month’s high.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the grid in most of Texas, stated that conditions are normal as of Wednesday morning.

ERCOT had to request customers conserve energy at the beginning of this heat on May 13, after many power plants were shut down unexpectedly. This caused real-time electricity prices to rise to more than $4,000 per megawatt hour.

Extreme weather reminded Texans about the deadly February freeze 2021 that caused millions to be without heat and water for days. ERCOT tried to keep the grid from collapsing after a unusually high amount of generation had been shut off.

AccuWeather had predicted high temperatures for Houston (the largest city in Texas) would be in the low-to-mid 90s Fahrenheit (33.9 Celsius), Wednesday through Saturday. This compares to a city average high of 87 at this time.

ERCOT reported that demand peaked Tuesday at 70.804 megawatts and will climb to 71.505MW Wednesday.

Although Tuesday’s record breaking grid 70,703MW mark for May 9, but well below the August 2019 all-time peak of 74.820MW, the high was still a significant improvement.

On a normal day one megawatt could power approximately 1000 homes across the USA, while only around 200 houses in Texas can be powered by it on a hot Texas summer day.

ERCOT projected that economic growth will continue to boost peak demand, which would rise to 77.317 MW by the end of this summer. The grid will have approximately 91,392 megawatts of available power this summer to meet the demand.

Prices at ERCOT North, which also includes Dallas, rose Wednesday to $98 per MWh from $79 on Tuesday.