The two-lane highways of the electric grid in deep South Texas were simply not built for four-lane expressway traffic, now required to keep pace with power demand to reduce power outages inside the AEP Texas network.
Congestion on these electrical highways and severe weather along the coast that knocks out the lines contribute to potential power outages or variations of electricity throttling to protect the grid during a demand spike.
However, a massive shift is underway for these super-powered highways, which enable electricity to flow from one side of the state to another and even cross international borders.
In the coming months, this change will be led by a few general contractors of the electric highways, including American Electric Power, in collaboration with other major industry players.
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is a versatile multimedia news reporter who lives and works along the Texas-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. Mosbrucker-Garza is a news reporter for the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. During her career she's worked for the McAllen Monitor, San Antonio Business Journal, The Advocate Newspaper in Louisiana, Phoenix New Times, and public media outlets in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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