HomeJanuary 6, 2014
ERCOT: Energy Emergency Alert in Progress, Rotating Outages Not Expected
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With cold temperatures and high electric use this morning, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has announced an Energy Emergency Alert and has implemented the first two stages of its steps to protect the grid.
"We have brought on all available electric generation and have deployed all demand response programs that have contracted with ERCOT to reduce electric use in emergency situations," said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT director of System Operations. "Conditions appear to be improving at this time, and we do not expect to implement rotating outages this morning."
LMPs appeared to hit the $5,000 cap early this morning, at the interval 07:00 local time, among others.
Most ERCOT LMPs at 08:20:10 local time were in excess of $700; the highest we saw in a quick scan appeared to be just under $1,300.
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