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You knew it was coming, and here it is: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has issued yet another energy conservation heads-up. Read the whole thing here, but pay attention to this quote from Kent Saathoff, vice president of system planning and operations:
“We expect to break our all-time peak electricity demand Tuesday and Thursday, depending on weather conditions. … At this time, we have sufficient generation to meet the demand this week, but it will be tight over the peak hours, particularly 4-5 p.m., which means that significant generation outages could make us short of operating reserves.”
We did our part: Unfair Park HQ’s AC unit shut down for a good half hour earlier this afternoon. And while they claim it’s back on …
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