{"id":2012746,"date":"2023-08-26T04:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-grid-operator-urges-weekend-conservation-as-state-continues-to-bake\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T04:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:15:55","slug":"texas-grid-operator-urges-weekend-conservation-as-state-continues-to-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-grid-operator-urges-weekend-conservation-as-state-continues-to-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas grid operator urges conservation as state continues to swelter."},"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\">20<\/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-grid-operator-urges-weekend-conservation-as-state-continues-to-bake%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=2012746&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 \u2063Urges\u2062 Energy Conservation as Heatwave Continues<\/h2>\n<p>The Texas grid operator is\u200b once again calling on residents to conserve energy \u2062as the state faces\u2064 scorching temperatures and the potential for blackouts. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), responsible\u2064 for overseeing the power grid for 90% of \u2063Texans, issued a conservation notice on Friday.\u200b They are asking consumers and businesses to reduce their\u2063 power usage, including adjusting thermostats \u200dand limiting the use of large appliances, between 3 p.m. \u200band 9 p.m. \u2062this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>ERCOT assured the public that they expect to have \u2063enough\u200b supply to meet the projected demand, but emphasized that conservation measures are crucial \u2062to ensure\u2062 continued \u200creliability. Peak demand on Friday is estimated to reach\u2062 nearly 86,000 megawatts, \u2062with \u200bconcerns arising\u2064 after 7 p.m. when solar \u200cgeneration decreases.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Similar to yesterday, today\u2019s conservation appeal does not \u2064indicate ERCOT \u2064is experiencing emergency conditions at this time,&#8221; ERCOT stated. &#8220;Current forecasts are\u200b showing a potential to enter\u200b emergency operations this evening\u2062 because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-grid-operator-urges-weekend-conservation-as-state-continues-to-bake\/\" title=\"Texas grid operator urges conservation as state continues to swelter.\">expected low wind-power generation<\/a> and high \u2062demand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This conservation\u200c request comes\u200b as Texas battles \u200bscorching temperatures,\u2064 worsened by a heatwave affecting the southern and central regions of the\u200c United States. The state is\u200b under an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-says-july-2023-was-hottest-month-ever-recorded\/\" title=\"July 2023: Hottest Month on Record, NASA Confirms\">extreme heat warning<\/a>, with\u2063 temperatures exceeding\u200b 100 \u2064degrees Fahrenheit for weeks\u2064 on end.<\/p>\n<p>In Austin, the capital city known for its blistering-hot summers, a record-breaking \u200bstreak of 45 consecutive days\u2063 with temperatures\u200d at or above 100\u200c F was finally \u200binterrupted by heavy rainfall on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>ERCOT has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/f-35-costs-have-been-declining-but-thats-about-to-change\/\" title=\"F-35 Costs Have Been Declining, But That\u2019s About to Change\">faced significant challenges<\/a> this \u200dsummer,\u200c surpassing \u200bdemand forecasts ten times.\u200d These \u200cconcerns echo the reliability issues experienced during the\u200b devastating winter storm \u2062Uri in 2021, which resulted in \u2064the loss of power for millions \u2063and tragically claimed the\u200d lives of 246 Texans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ERCOT) urged Texans to conserve energy due to scorching temperatures, aiming to prevent blackouts or rolling outages. With the state expecting triple-digit highs, residents were asked to reduce energy usage to maintain grid stability and ensure uninterrupted power supply during the upcoming days of extreme heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}