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The Texas power grid operator is asking people to conserve electricity this week.

There’s no escaping rising oil prices. They’ve driven up the cost of gasoline, and the higher expense registers every time people fill up the tank.

Renewable energy sources came through in a big way this week for Texas, when temperatures and electricity demand reached record levels.

Jackie Sawicky, 42, was scrolling Facebook in late April when she saw a video about a surprise economic development announcement by the city of Corsicana, Texas. Intrigued, she clicked to watch.

With temperatures rising to nearly 39 C, Texas energy provider states it will have enough supply to match record demand.

There’s no escaping rising oil prices. They’ve driven up the cost of gasoline, and the higher expense registers every time people fill up the tank.

Sweltering temperatures imperil unsheltered residents, and community resources aren’t a given.

Mance Harmon graduated from college in 1993 when the World Wide Web was just getting ripples, so he remembers the frustrations of trying to explain it to his parents. It didn’t make sense to them until they got an email account, but now, everyone intuitively understands the Internet, he said.

As weather gets more extreme and the population booms, ERCOT and state leaders need to get a grip on reality.