Here's what it would take for ERCOT to start rolling blackouts.
It's important to note that an energy"reserve" shortage is not exactly the same as an energy shortage. It means that the grid may not have a comfortable amount of reserve energy in addition to what ERCOT expects demand will be. The grid operator wants to keep an extra cushion of"just-in-case" energy in reserve. The initial notice warned that that cushion was expected to be less than it should be.
ERCOT will take those emergency actions depending on how severe energy scarcity becomes. The more scarce energy becomes on the grid, the higher the “Energy Emergency Alert Level” ERCOT declares.You can find detailed information about the three alert levelsIt’s important to remember that deciding when we enter into these alert levels depends on the subjective determinations of the state’s grid operators.
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