KLUB 106.9 The Rock » electricity http://1069therock.com The Best Classic Rock & The Best New Rock Sun, 26 May 2013 00:04:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? http://1069therock.com/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/ http://1069therock.com/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:59:33 +0000 Adam West http://1069therock.com/?p=52745 Storms across south Texas knocked out power for about 2,000 people in Port Lavaca early this  morning, which made me think about power outages we've had here in Victoria, and how much we depend on electricity. Electricity is something we take for granted pretty easily. You don't even really think about it, that is until it's not there. TVs, computers, lights, washers, dryers, almost everything we use around the house depends upon electricity.

]]> http://1069therock.com/where-were-you-when-the-lights-went-out/feed/ 0 Leigh Turner/Getty Images ERCOT News Release: Power Warning – Conservation Critical http://1069therock.com/ercot-news-release-power-warning-conservation-critical/ http://1069therock.com/ercot-news-release-power-warning-conservation-critical/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:23:47 +0000 Amory Gritta http://1069therock.com/?p=8681 Austin, Aug.4, 2011 - Consumers and businesses are asked to reduce their electricity use during peak electricity hours from 3 to 7 p.m. today to avert the need for rotating outages.

 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), system operator for the state’s bulk transmission grid, initiated Energy Emergency Alert Level 2 at 2:26 p.m. today due to responsive reserves below 1,750 megawatts (MW).

"Interruptible loads – large customers paid to be dropped in a level 2 emergency have been deployed," said Kent Saathoff, vice president of system planning and operations.

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