The latest conservation request from ERCOT — the third in the past week — seeks to reduce power demand from 3 to 10 p.m. Thursday.
The state's power grid manager has asked Texans to reduce electricity use from 3 to 10 p.m. Thursday to reduce strain on the grid., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, warned of “high potential” to go into emergency operations. The first step would involve bringing all available power generation online, including unused reserves. The worst-case would be to implement rolling power outages.
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