Call for Texans to conserve electricity helped avoid rolling blackouts, ERCOT says

Name: Call for Texans to conserve electricity helped avoid rolling blackouts, ERCOT says
Uploaded: 2022-07-12T02:46:37Z
Duration: 2 min 28 s
Description: ERCOT wanted people to start conserving power around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. In the five minutes leading up to that hour, about 500 megawatts of load dropped off the grid — enough to keep the agency from issuing tougher measures like rolling blackouts.

ERCOT wanted people to start conserving power around 2 p.m. Monday afternoon. In the five minutes leading up to that hour, about 500 megawatts of load dropped off the grid — enough to keep the agency from issuing tougher measures like rolling blackouts.

Posted July 11, 2022 9:46pm CDT