To prepare for tight conditions, ERCOT pays some electricity sources ahead of time to be available to provide power as needed. This includes some that can start up within 10 minutes and run for ...

ERCOT did not respond to specific questions about the black-start report. Lewin said the report illustrates that the grid is better off diversifying, especially with renewables contributing so ...

ERCOT didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Separately, the grid manager issued a formal warning for power-supply shortfalls starting around 6 pm Thursday.

Texas ERCOT urges Texans to cut power use as grid threatened for first time since 2021 blackout ERCOT, which serves most of the state's 30 million residents, issued a level 2 emergency alert ...

But the new study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corp. and others looked at ERCOT’s access to so-called black-start resources or power ...

ERCOT acknowledges possibility of rolling blackouts this winter in 'extreme risk scenarios' By Chaz Miller. Wednesday, November 30, 2022. Nearly two years after the deadly winter storm in 2021 ...

From 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday, ERCOT asks that residents and business owners conserve energy due to high forecasted temperatures, low wind and declining solar power generation.

This is where it gets confusing. The solid purple line turns into a shaded purple line to represent quick start capacity, which is what ERCOT can bring online with 10 minutes notice.

ERCOT monitors show how much energy you have and how much you need, ... Black is energy emergency level three and rolling blackouts start.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has released a forecast for January 2024 and it explains when the power grid has the highest chances of requiring conservations, and even rolling blackouts.

ERCOT would have to fund similar maintenance outages again to get any more years out of the plants, he said. That inspection process, CPS says, would have to start as soon as September.

KHOU 11 energy expert Ed Hirs says batteries play a key role in ERCOT's ability to power the ... they can be turned on or off, in a manner similar to quick start natural gas power plants or coal ...