The chief of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas told state lawmakers recently that the state’s power demand could nearly double in just six years. The reasons: population growth, new requests for grid connections, and a rise in requests from data centers and other heavy users.ERCOT chief executive o_cer Pablo Vegas told lawmakers the grid operator has sharply increased its prediction of power demand in coming years, The Texas Tribune reported.“All of that is putting together a picture of a very significant, di rent demand growth that is forcing us to really re-think how we’re looking at planning to make ...