ERCOT reschedules maintenance over possible tight conditions this week

DALLAS - The state’s power grid operator made some adjustments ahead of possible tight condition this week.

Last week, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas began taking steps to prevent "possible future emergency conditions."

An Advance Action Notice was issued for a possible future reserve capacity deficiency for Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17.

ERCOT delayed planned generator outages to give the grid more support.

That kind of maintenance is usually scheduled for more mild weather in March and April.

But with high temperatures in the upper 80s in the forecast, many people will be cranking up their air conditioners this week.

ERCOT’s supply and demand forecast shows that there should be enough supply to meet demand all week if the generators remain online.