"The order, issued Thursday night, could allow #Texas power plants to surpass #pollution limits through Friday night to meet “abnormally high” demand for electricity.

Jennifer Granholm, US secretary of energy, determined in the order that “an emergency exists in Texas due to a shortage of electric energy, a shortage of facilities for the generation of electric energy and other causes.” #ERCOT 
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/08/energy/texas-power-emergency-heat-wave/index.html