ERCOT Issues Emergency Notice Due to Reserves Under 3000 MW
The largest electric grid in the State of Texas issued an Emergency Conservation Notice this morning. At 8:47am, Saturday morning, ERCOT issued an Emergency Notice saying the cold temperatures across the state are beginning to have an adverse impact on the electrical grid, due to high demand and reduced generation ability. ERCOT says that load shedding, aka “rolling blackouts” is a possibility this weekend. As of 8:59am Saturday morning, ERCOT had just 89 MW (megawatts) of electrical capacity in reserve; Current Demand was 62,708 MW and Total Capacity was 62,797 MW. While Lubbock Powe...
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