Hot Texas Weather Puts Heavy Strain On Electric Grid
Friday is expected to be the hottest day of the summer so far across the DFW area. Many people will want to crank the air conditioning, but that can put a heavy strain on the electric grid.
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Friday is expected to be the hottest day of the summer so far across the DFW area. Many people will want to crank the air conditioning, but that can put a heavy strain on the electric grid.
The state of Texas set a new record for wind power generation over the weekend. According to ERCOT, on Sunday afternoon wind farms were providing about 15,000 megawatts of electricity to Texans.
The grid operator for Texas said that electric users should have sufficient supply for demands this fall and even into the winter. ERCOT on Thursday announced its predictions and the preliminary outlook through February.
The string of summer days languishing in the triple digits has impacted our power supply.
This is the sixth time this week that ERCOT has reached record levels of energy demand.
For two consecutive hours Wednesday, ERCOT systemwide demand surpassed the previous record set Monday.
Managers of the state's biggest electrical grid said that peak electricity demand topped 70,000 megawatts for the first time on Monday, shattering a record set in August of last year.
The grid operator for Texas said that electric users should have sufficient supply into the summer. ERCOT announced its summer prediction for energy supplies on Tuesday.
The electric distribution grid operator for most of Texas says that a federal mandate to slash carbon emissions nationwide would shut down far fewer coal-fired plants than originally estimated.
For 40 years, the Tarrant Regional Water District just focused on getting water to the region. Now that water, is helping quench our thirst for power.
The grid operator for Texas says electric users should have sufficient supply into the winter.
ERCOT announces an Energy Emergency Alert and is asking consumers to limit or reduce electric use where possible during the 3-7 p.m. peak demand hours.
Monday was a record breaker for Texas electricity use! Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) say hourly demand broke the 69,000 megawatts (MW) threshold for the first time in the grid operators history.
The previous all-time record was set more than four years ago on Aug. 3, 2011.
Dry, hot weather and a stronger economy and has led to a record setting week in electricity demand according to The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the electric grid operator for most of the state, is asking consumers to reduce their electric use today.
The grid operator for Texas says electric users should have sufficient supply for spring and summer.
The electric distribution grid operator for most of Texas said that a federal mandate to slash carbon emissions would challenge power reliability and raise consumer costs.
The electric distribution grid operator for most of Texas says a federal mandate to slash carbon emissions nationwide is infeasible for Texas because it would jeopardize power reliability in Texas and raise costs for consumers.
The operator of the electric grid for most of the state of Texas initiated a series of rolling blackouts in South Texas after problems arose in the area's transmission network.
The operator of the electric distribution grid for most of Texas says it expects to have ample electricity available to keep up with periods of peak demand in the fall and winter.
The operator of the electric distribution grid for most of Texas said that six new generating units going online by August should help meet the state's power needs this summer.
January's polar vortex knocked several important coal-fired electricity plants in Texas offline. Frozen instruments were the most-cited problem for why the plants shut down.
The operator of the electric distribution grid for most of Texas says the launch this summer of new generating plants will ease high demand in the coming months that could require conservation measures.
The state's power operator has extended a 'Conservation Alert' through Tuesday morning.
