The operator of Texas' electric grid says the “voluntary notice” is in effect Thursday from 3-8 p.m.
The operator of the state power grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is asking people to conserve electricity"due to extreme temperatures, forecasted high demand, and lower reserves."This is only the second time this year ERCOT has asked for voluntary conservation. These notices fall well below so-called “” in terms of urgency.
If that reserve capacity is expected to drop below 2,300 megawatts and not expected to recover within 30 minutes, ERCOT will move to an Energy Emergency Alert Level 1. That stage allows ERCOT to pull electricity from emergency sources if it is available and enact other conservation measures to balance the grid.
The latest all-time record was set on Aug. 10, when ERCOT recorded 85,435 megawatts. In 2022, the August single-day peak demand was 78,465 megawatts. So far, the system has been able to handle that added “load” thanks largely to a massive ramp up in solar energy production.
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