Hot weather sets electric record in Texas

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Texas' hot summer weather is leading to record electricity use. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it set a new record Wednesday afternoon as consumers used an hourly average of 62,786 megawatts of power between 4 and 5 p.m. That broke the record of 62,339 megawatts set on Aug.

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