One of Texas’ top grid officials warned Friday that the western part of the state could see rolling blackouts within five years if more transmission lines aren’t built.

Woody Rickerson, chief operating officer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, told the Public Utility Commission on Friday that all their demand forecast scenarios show there would be times when the current transmission system would be overloaded and could cause reliability problems.

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