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From the Houston Chronicle article "ERCOT warns customers to conserve power in rare early-summer alert":
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is expecting electricity supplies to be tighter than forecast Monday because of power plant outages and rising demand as temperatures rise.
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ERCOT said it expects strained grid conditions through Friday, and is asking residents to conserve power. A conservation order is typically issued when there are fewer than 2,500 megawatts of power supply remaining to meet demand.
Monday's peak load forecast may exceed 73,000 megawatts. The peak demand record for June is 69,123 megawatts, set June 27, 2018.
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About 11,000 megawatts of the state's roughly 80,000 megawatts of power capacity are offline for maintenance, ERCOT said.
ERCOT said residents can conserve power by setting thermostats to 78 degrees or higher, turning off lights and pool pumps, avoiding use of large appliances such as electric ovens, washing machines and dryers, and unplugging as many appliances as possible."
As someone who experienced over 4 straight days of subfreezing weather without electricity this past winter, I'll be heading the warnings.
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Topic - Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Krav Maga 13:39:55 06/14/21 (55)
- Current Electricity Situation - Inmate51 16:04:19 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Inmate51 09:39:22 06/15/21 (1)
- Update: - Inmate51 11:18:42 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - dee eye why 09:36:45 06/15/21 (0)
- What happens when EV rules?Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Audioquest4life 16:40:54 06/14/21 (27)
- RE: What happens when EV rules?Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - gme109 06:41:05 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: What happens when EV rules?Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Stale 00:18:51 06/15/21 (4)
- EVs will eventually create a new peak-demand period... - dark_dave56 04:16:44 06/15/21 (3)
- RE: EVs will eventually create a new peak-demand period... - Audioquest4life 02:42:45 06/16/21 (2)
- RE: EVs will eventually create a new peak-demand period... - Inmate51 07:01:07 06/16/21 (0)
- "Strategic Planning" is not something we're good at (in general)... - dark_dave56 04:01:46 06/16/21 (0)
- It's called roof-top solar panels... - Ivan303 16:43:39 06/14/21 (20)
- Especially in summer is different different places. - srdavis2000 17:25:29 06/14/21 (19)
- RE: Especially in summer is different different places. - Sondek 18:14:12 06/14/21 (8)
- We have relatives in your area. - srdavis2000 08:11:22 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: Especially in summer is different different places. - painter27 18:49:11 06/14/21 (1)
- RE: Especially in summer is different different places. - Sondek 20:06:30 06/14/21 (0)
- But solar panels do... - Ivan303 18:46:02 06/14/21 (2)
- RE: But solar panels do... - Rod M 19:37:12 06/14/21 (1)
- ROI is a time-dependent thing... - Ivan303 05:55:23 06/15/21 (0)
- That's why I hate Florida... - Rod M 18:20:31 06/14/21 (1)
- RE: That's why I hate Florida... - Sondek 18:32:34 06/14/21 (0)
- Have you considered mini-splits? - Rod M 18:12:36 06/14/21 (9)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - srdavis2000 06:10:04 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - dark_dave56 05:20:00 06/15/21 (0)
- We generate about 60kwh per day max... - Ivan303 18:55:25 06/14/21 (1)
- RE: We generate about 60kwh per day max... - Rod M 20:03:25 06/14/21 (0)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - Sibelius 18:46:25 06/14/21 (4)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - Rod M 19:25:55 06/14/21 (3)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - Sibelius 19:48:19 06/14/21 (2)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - Rod M 20:45:08 06/14/21 (1)
- RE: Have you considered mini-splits? - Sibelius 10:32:25 06/15/21 (0)
- Sending almost as much to the grid today as we consuming... - Ivan303 15:21:48 06/14/21 (2)
- You might make enough to charge that EV ;) - Rod M 18:37:38 06/14/21 (1)
- RE: You might make enough to charge that EV ;) - lokalbrown 21:25:17 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - tweaker456 14:53:50 06/14/21 (0)
- RE: Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Sondek 13:46:22 06/14/21 (18)
- FREEDOM FROM REGULATION! - Ivan303 15:27:12 06/14/21 (16)
- RE: FREEDOM FROM REGULATION! - AbeCollins 17:44:38 06/14/21 (15)
- And not just in Texas. - ghost of olddude55 14:11:11 06/15/21 (0)
- The recent TX deep freeze wasn't the first one... - Steve O 18:00:46 06/14/21 (13)
- RE: The recent TX deep freeze wasn't the first one... - Sondek 18:09:26 06/14/21 (12)
- If nothing else...- - Steve O 19:50:00 06/14/21 (11)
- RE: If nothing else...- - Sondek 20:04:28 06/14/21 (10)
- RE: If nothing else...- - dee eye why 11:25:58 06/15/21 (4)
- RE: If nothing else...- - Inmate51 13:00:04 06/15/21 (3)
- RE: If nothing else...- - Sondek 13:38:10 06/15/21 (2)
- "...setup to be played exactly like folks in California were by Enron." - Krav Maga 14:05:47 06/15/21 (1)
- RE: "...setup to be played exactly like folks in California were by Enron." - Sondek 14:36:59 06/15/21 (0)
- The legislature and governor...- - Steve O 20:18:40 06/14/21 (3)
- RE: The legislature and governor...- - Sondek 20:36:32 06/14/21 (2)
- RE: The legislature and governor...- - Krav Maga 13:28:30 06/15/21 (0)
- Best of luck... - Steve O 04:48:31 06/15/21 (0)
- RE: If nothing else...- - tweaker456 20:10:22 06/14/21 (0)
- RE: Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry - Krav Maga 13:58:24 06/14/21 (0)