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reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18. A significant number of forced generation outages combined with potential record electric use for the month of June has resulted in tight grid conditions. Generator owners have reported approximately 11,000 MW of generation is on forced outage for repairs; of that, approximately 8,000 MW is thermal and the rest is intermittent resources. According to the summer Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy, a typical range of th...

ERCOT is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18. According to a press release from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), tight grid conditions are expected due to a high number of forced generation outages. Basically, what happened during Winter Storm Uri could happen again, but this time in the sweltering heat of summer. Get our free mobile app ERCOT sure has a lot of nerve playing with Texans again. "We will be conducting a thorou...

Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 5:08 PM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / ERCOT ERCOT is asking Texas power consumers to lower their usage during peak hours. Days after Gov. Greg Abbott said the Legislature had passed reforms that fix "all of the ...

Texas Residents Asked Once Again to Reduce Electric Usage Well...that didnt take long. Just a week or so into some of our hottest temperatures of the Summer and ERCOT (The Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible through this upcoming Friday (June 18).  ERCOT attributes the tight grid conditions to "a significant number of forced generation outages combined with potential record electric use for the month of June." Oncor is echoing this...

The North American Electric Corp. (NERC) is warning that large swathes of the North American bulk power system (BPS) could face “elevated risks” of energy

ERCOT will add 70% of Lubbock power customers onto the Texas grid this weekend, which suffered widespread failures during a winter storm in February.

Regulator warns Texas subject to potential energy shortfalls this summer By Craig Huber Texas UPDATED 12:00 PM CT May. 27, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:50 AM CT May. 27, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:50 AM CDT May. 27, 2021 SHARE TEXAS — NERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, has released its 2021 Summer Reliability A...

“While the risk for emergency conditions remains low this summer based on many of the scenarios studied, a combination of factors in real-time, including record demand, high thermal generation outages and low wind/solar output could result in tight grid conditions,” Vice President of Grid Planning and Operations Woody Rickerson said in a press release. “We cannot control the weather or forced generation outages, but we are prepared to deploy the tools that are available to us to maintain ...

ERCOT expecting record electric demand this summer 7 hours 54 minutes 38 seconds ago Thursday, May 06 2021 May 6, 2021 May 06, 2021 5:47 PM May 06, 2021 in News - Local By: KRGV Digital Share: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is anticipating record-breaking electric demand this summer due to expected hot and dry conditions and continued economic and population growth throughout the region, the company announced in a Thursday news release. ERCOT is identifying low-probability, high-impa...

ERCOT declares there will be enough power to meet demands this summer Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Joel Leal (KRHD) and last updated 2021-05-06 12:04:59-04 AUSTIN, TX — On May 6, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has stated there will be enough generation to meet demands this summer. With an anticipated peak demand of 77,144 MW, ERCOT is stating they will have a 15.7% rese...