{"id":2006776,"date":"2023-08-21T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-power-grid-operator-issues-third-energy-conservation-notice-for-the-summer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:01:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:01:22","slug":"texas-power-grid-operator-issues-third-energy-conservation-notice-for-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-power-grid-operator-issues-third-energy-conservation-notice-for-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas power grid operator urges energy conservation for third time this summer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-power-grid-operator-issues-third-energy-conservation-notice-for-the-summer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2006776&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Texas Grid Operator Urges Power Conservation Amid Heat Wave<\/h2>\n<p>The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-100-dead-from-sweltering-heat-wave-health-care-workers-leave-cancelled-as-emergency-hospital-beds-are-opened\/\" title=\"Almost 100 dead due to scorching heat wave - Health care workers' vacations canceled as emergency hospital beds are activated.\">scorching heat wave<\/a> in Texas\u2064 has prompted the state&#8217;s grid\u2062 operator\u200d to\u200d make a second request in three days, calling on consumers \u200cto limit their power \u200busage. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) attributed the request to &#8220;extreme\u2063 temperatures, \u200ccontinued high demand, and unexpected loss \u200bof\u2062 thermal generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ERCOT \u200cspecifically asked \u2063Texans to reduce their\u2062 electricity consumption between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Central time. \u2064However, \u2064it clarified that the notice was not \u200bissued due to \u200cemergency conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This marks\u200c the \u2063third \u2064time this summer that\u200d ERCOT has called for energy conservation. The grid\u2064 operator revealed that it had reached a new all-time\u2063 weekend peak\u2063 demand record of 84,805 megawatts,\u2062 adding \u2062to the \u206310 new all<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-power-grid-operator-issues-third-energy-conservation-notice-for-the-summer\/\" title=\"Texas power grid operator urges energy conservation for third time this summer.\">-time peak demand records \u2063set earlier<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-hospitalized-undergoing-medical-evaluation\/\" title=\"Israeli PM Netanyahu hospitalized, undergoing medical evaluation.\">ongoing heat wave<\/a>\u200d has \u2063significantly increased the demand \u2064for electricity as Texans rely\u2062 heavily\u2063 on \u200bair conditioning to combat the extreme temperatures. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for parts of Texas, \u2063as well as \u200dsections of\u200b the Midwest and \u200bSouth. In Dallas, temperatures soared\u2062 to 109 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday and Sunday, potentially \u2064breaking \u2064the previous record of 107 degrees set in 2011.<\/p>\n<h3>Business and Financial Questions Surround Jim Justice&#8217;s West Virginia Senate Bid<\/h3>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to\u200d read the\u2062 full article from The Washington\u2062 Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas&#8217;s grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, urged consumers to conserve power for the second time in three days due to scorching temperatures, persistent high demand, and unexpected loss of thermal generation. 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