{"id":1252408,"date":"2023-08-17T15:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1252408"},"modified":"2023-08-20T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T21:15:00","slug":"ercot-asks-texans-to-reduce-electricity-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1252408","title":{"rendered":"ERCOT asks Texans to reduce electricity use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-969411\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT-159x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT-159x200.png 159w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT-358x450.png 358w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT.png 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ERCOT is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use due to extreme temperatures. The Voluntary Conservation Notice is in effect Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. According to ERCOT, The Voluntary Conservation Notice is part of ERCOT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS), alerting the public of grid conditions. Last week, ERCOT extended a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153weather watch\u00e2\u20ac\u009d through Friday because of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153high temperatures, high electrical demand and the potential for lower reserves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ERCOT is requesting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153all government agencies, including city and county offices, to implement all programs to reduce energy use at their facilities.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ERCOT set a new, all-time, unofficial peak demand record of 85,435 MW on Aug. 10.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the extreme heat and record demand, ERCOT said that solar generation declines into the evening hours, before completely going offline at sunset. Also, lower wind generation is forecasted for the afternoon during peak demand time.<\/p>\n<p>Energy-saving tips can be found on the TXANS webpage. For further assistance, you can call the Public Utility Commission of Texas Hotline at 1-888-782-8477<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ERCOT is asking Texans to voluntarily reduce electricity use due to extreme temperatures. The Voluntary Conservation Notice is in effect Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. According to ERCOT, The Voluntary Conservation Notice is part of ERCOT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS), alerting the public of grid conditions. Last week, ERCOT &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1252408\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ERCOT asks Texans to reduce electricity use<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1252417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT-159x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"ERCOT asks Texans to reduce electricity use","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1252408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 02:19:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/02\/ERCOT-159x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"ERCOT asks Texans to reduce electricity use","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1252408"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252644,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252408\/revisions\/1252644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1252417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1252408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1252408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1252408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}