{"id":438673,"date":"2026-09-17T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438673\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:26:18","slug":"poll-are-you-concerned-about-the-texas-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438673\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Are you concerned about the Texas power grid?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 As temperatures in Central Texas remain high, the reliability of the state&#8217;s power grid remains a concern.<\/p>\n<p>The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has faced scrutiny in recent years following major grid failures, including the deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/5-years-after-catastrophic-2021-winter-storm-austin-takes-steps-to-be-more-resilient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Winter Storm Uri in February 2021<\/a>, as well as periodic <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/ercot-issues-conservation-appeal-for-fourth-day-in-a-row-power-high-temperatures-energy-conserve-thermostat-light-supply-demand-power-grid-conditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">conservation appeals<\/a> during summer heat waves.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin wants to know: are YOU concerned about the Texas power grid? The results will be shared live on CBS Austin This Morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/triple-digit-texas-heat-drives-electricity-demand-to-apparent-record-ercot-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Triple-digit Texas heat drives electricity demand to apparent record, ERCOT says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 As temperatures in Central Texas remain high, the reliability of the state&#8217;s power grid remains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-438673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}