AEP Texas customers are smashing electricity demand records, especially in the Rio Grande Valley
AEP Texas is a transmission line operator in Corpus Christi with an extensive network in the Rio Grande Valley. Photo Credit | Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza

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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