ERCOT issued a voluntary conservation notice Thursday asking Texas government agencies to reduce electricity use from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
. On yellow days, the utility asks the community to conserve more during certain hours; green days mean the grid is not strained., launched in May. The system alerts the public of grid conditions and issues weather watches as necessary to notify Texans when conditions may become strained.
ERCOT said early Thursday afternoon it was not experiencing emergency conditions currently. ERCOT is utilizing additional tools to manage the grid reliably, including using reserve power, calling upon reductions by large electric customers that have volunteered to lower their energy use, and bringing more generation online sooner, it added.
“If you are experiencing an outage, it is local in nature and not related to overall grid reliability,” ERCOT said. The voluntary conservation request is due to extreme heat across the state, accompanied by record electricity demand as Texas continues to boom in growth. Renewables, especially solar, have helped the Texas grid stay afloat this summer by allowing the grid operator toERCOT also cited low wind power generation Thursday as an additional cause for concern.
ERCOT set yet another new unofficial peak demand record of 85,435 megawatts on Aug. 10 — the 10th record it’s set this summer. Last summer, ERCOT set 11 new peak demand records with a high of 80,148 megawatts. One megawatt is enough to power 200 Texas homes on a hot summer day.it’s “very possible” that Texas will continue to break energy demand records this summer, but said was not particularly concerned about being able to meet that demand.
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