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Fact Check Team: Summer heat wave sparks concerns over power grid reliability

by COURTNEY RAU | The National Desk

Workers repair a power line on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Houston. An unrelenting heat wave in Texas is testing the state's power grid as demand soars during a second week of triple-digit temperatures. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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