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ERCOT again pleas for energy conservation as temperatures soar

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Another round of the record hot summer vs. the Texas electric grid has ERCOT again urging energy conservation

forecasts the demand for electricity this afternoon and evening to skirt close to the state's capacity to generate power.This summer's requests for voluntary conservation are stacking up. This is the fifth one this month.of possible emergency operations — an escalating series of drastic measures that culminates in rolling blackouts.

But Texas was spared because people reduced power; Houston got rain; and more wind helped generate additional electricity.ERCOT has three basic stages of emergency operations intended to save the grid from a catastrophic failure.

 

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