MSNBC MSNBC Reports June 4, 2024 14:03:00
They project 107 today. this is a real-time gauge which shows green. this is how much energy is available, the reserves in the system. people here might use 79,000 or 80,000. it's about a 5% or 6% margin. should something happen to some of the generation, that could dip below 3,000. that's when those alerts start getting sent out to people to try to conserve their energy. it doesn't take that much. back on may 13th, a half dozen generators in the state were tripped up. it went offline. as that's happening, it's only a fraction of the overall generation, maybe 1%. that was enough to trigger it ...