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Fellow Texans - Turn off your Hi-Fi/tube amps, hold off on baking and doing laundry

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.
...
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.
...
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.
"All thoughts are prey to some beast" - Bill Callahan

"I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are" - Lou Reed

"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth." - Albert Einstein


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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)

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