The hot dry weather has created a heavy demand for electricity for air conditioning and irrigation systems.

NPPD Spokesman Mark Becker says so far, their system is handing the demand across Nebraska…

Becker says the fourteen state grid is handling the demand across the central part of the country…

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT has issued alerts for possible outages due to heavy demand.
Becker says that won’t impact NPPD customers….(NEWS23)(forward)(:18)

In February, extremely cold weather caused supply issues in Texas that led to rolling blackouts across all the states in the region.