Texans are expecting rolling blackouts this summer, poll finds

A new survey of 1,200 registered Texas voters by researchers at the University of Texas found little confidence in the state power grid.

State of play: Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed said they thought it's likely the state will experience rolling or temporary blackouts this summer, per the Texas Politics Project poll out Thursday.

• And 51% of the poll's respondents said they thought it's likely there will be a widespread failure of the electric grid this summer.

Threat level: Grid operators said last week that there's a 12% chance of rolling blackouts in August because of increased demand.

Flashback: Last summer, Texas set 10 new all-time peak demand records and Texans were asked to conserve electricity at least 11 times.

The fine print: The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.83% and was conducted May 31 to June 9, before ERCOT warned of summer outages.

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