SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--June 24, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Last week's "heat dome" broke dozens of records for high temperatures in the U.S. West and Texas, placing extreme demands on those areas' electric generators before summer even officially began. The electric system held up, sometimes barely.

Within this article: Impact of last week's heatwave on electric power systems.