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ERCOT still urging energy conservation today

ERCOT is urging all consumers who can reduce their energy consumption to do so at this time. Severe weather has led to the loss of more than 50 generation units - more than 7,000 MW, and additional units are continuing to trip offline due to the extreme cold temperatures. ERCOT Grid Operations has asked the utilities/transmission providers to implement rotating outages until the load is reduced through conservation and restoration of generation units. Conservation is very critical at this time to reduce the load on the system.

Rotating outages are controlled, temporary interruptions of electrical service initiated by each utility when supplies of reserve power are exhausted. Without this safety valve, generators would overload and begin shutting down to avoid damage, risking a domino effect of a state-wide outage. ( Read ERCOT more... )

PEC interrupts service at ERCOT's direction

Some Pedernales Electric Cooperative customers found themselves temporarily without power Wednesday morning in the Highland Lakes, following a blustery, cold evening in which temperatures fell as low as 11 degrees in some locations of Burnet and Llano counties.

PEC representatives said Wednesday that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas had directed them to shed electric load by interrupting service to households and businesses to help prevent uncontrolled, widespread blackouts. ( Read ERCOT more... )

ERCOT Urges Energy Conservation During Cold Snap

CORPUS CHRISTI -- AEP officials say rolling blackouts will continue throughout the day until the state's Electric Reliability Council of Texas tells them it's no longer necessary.

Statement from ERCOT: "ERCOT is urging all consumers who can reduce their energy consumption to do so at this time. Severe weather has led to the loss of more than 50 generation units - more than 7,000 MW, and additional units are continuing to trip offline due to the extreme cold temperatures. ERCOT Grid Operations has asked the utilities/transmission providers to implement rotating outages until the load is reduced through conservation and restoration of generation units. Conservation is very critical at this time to reduce the load on the system."( Read ERCOT more... )

ERCOT orders power emergency, rolling blackouts

CENTRAL TEXAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has issued a power emergency, ordering utility companies to begin rolling blackouts due to severe winter weather.

Dottie Roark, spokeswoman for ERCOT, said the rotating outages were a response to several plant trips Tuesday night, and that there is no timetable for when the outages will cease. Rolling blackouts were implemented beginning at 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 2.

Roark said in a relased statement that more than 7,000 mega-watts was out of capacity.( Read ERCOT more... )

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ERCOT, Two men from Odessa 20 years spend more than 2 years behind bars on charges of cocaine. Juan Vargas and Edgar Lujan were convicted in federal court Tuesday to 30 months for possession with intent to distribute. Both admitted being involved in a high-speed chase in August, when Vargas struck a police vehicle lae in an escape attempt before being caught.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ordered the power brownouts rolling Wednesday in San Marcos and throughout Texas, as part of a statewide response to the large power demand caused by winter cold. ( Read ERCOT more... )

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