ERCOT issues call for voluntary conservation Monday

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a call for voluntary conservation as low power reserves are projected.

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Due to the possibility of an energy emergency brought on by the extreme heat

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the manager of Texas' electric grid has requested that everyone use less electricity today.

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas released a watch at 9 p.m. noting that it had predicted an energy reserve shortage on Monday "with no market solution available."

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The watch is a warning before a "energy emergency alert

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which is a more serious alert indicating ERCOT might order operations to shut down or be limited at large scale electric users like manufacturing facilities or big box stores

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ERCOT stopped short of indicating power might be cut off and said that "no system-wide outages are expected

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The tightest hour will be between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. during which ERCOT is predicting that wind energy will only be producing at roughly 8% of its capacity.

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