The state’s power grid manager on Friday extended its warning of potential emergency conditions into next week, expecting hot weather to keep power supplies tight through Thursday as Texans crank up air conditioners.
Chris Dusablon gets a drink of water as he takes batting practice at Alexander Deussen Park on Lake Houston, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Houston. Temperatures in Houston could reach record-breaking highs on May 7, 2022.
“Generators and transmission owners have worked with us to reschedule maintenance outages. Those changes, along with a slight drop in forecasted temperatures, have given us sufficient reserves,” he said. Unseasonably hot weather put ERCOT in a pinch last year. In April, when several power plants went offline for maintenance and demand rose higher than expected, ERCOT issued a conservation notice asking power customers to cut back. Another followed in mid-June, when about 15 percent of the system’s generating capacity went offline while demand inched toward a record 73,000 megawatts. One megawatt is enough to power about 200 homes on a hot summer day.
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