CDT, the operating reserves had returned to normal conditions, meaning there was enough power for current demand, according to the ERCOT website. “We request Texas businesses & residents conserve electricity use, if safe to do so,” ERCOT said in a tweet.Īt about 9 p.m. Thursday’s call to conserve electricity was the 11th time ERCOT has made such a request since June 20, with most coming in the last three weeks. Much of Texas was covered by heat advisories on Thursday, with high temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) in Austin, Amarillo, Dallas, El Paso and Houston. CDT as reserves were again expected to be low. On Thursday, ERCOT asked residents to conserve power from 5 p.m. The emergency status remained in place for about an hour Wednesday night until grid conditions returned to normal, ERCOT said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. It was the first time the council entered emergency operations since a deadly 2021 ice storm knocked out power to millions of customers for days and resulted in hundreds of deaths. Operating reserves fell as demand surged amid the heat, and power from wind and solar energy sources proved insufficient, according to ERCOT. The request by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which serves most of the state's 30 million residents, came a day after low energy reserves prompted the grid operator to issue a level 2 energy emergency alert. The request carried fresh urgency, coming the day after the system was pushed to the brink of outages for the first time since a deadly winter blackout in 2021. HOUSTON (AP) - Texas’ power grid manager on Thursday again asked residents to cut their electricity use as the state endures another stretch of sizzling summer heat.

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