NEWSTALK 860 » ercot http://ksfa860.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 ERCOT Hopes to Keep Lights on This Summer http://ksfa860.com/ercot-hopes-to-keep-lights-on-this-summer/ http://ksfa860.com/ercot-hopes-to-keep-lights-on-this-summer/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 14:37:06 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=65153 Even though weather experts are not expecting another long, hot summer like the one we had last year, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas is searching for ways to keep the lights on through this summer and in the future.

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