The Electric Reliability Council of Texas recorded weekly average peak loads exceeding its 2023 record for six consecutive weeks.

Utility Dive reports that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, recorded weekly average peak loads above a record set in 2023. The report attributes the finding to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, or EIA.

The observation covers six weeks beginning in late July, with every week in that period exceeding the earlier benchmark. The metric is specifically weekly average peak load, not a statement that a new instantaneous system peak occurred every week.

The supplied description does not give the load values in megawatts, the size of the increase, or a sector-by-sector demand breakdown. It therefore does not establish how much of the record load came from data centers, nor does it report outages or inadequate generation reserves.