(Bloomberg) — The Texas electrical grid operator warned of a possible emergency early next week because of a potential shortfall of power reserves.
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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Friday the grid may have deficient reserves from April 29 at 7 p.m. Central time through May 1 at 9 p.m. Ercot may delay or cancel planned power-plant outages and may need to shore up available supplies by about 2,800 megawatts.
Ercot has said it issues the warnings based on its analysis of various scenarios, but that they don’t reflect an expected deficiency. The group warned of a similar potential emergency this month, and even though the grid ultimately dodged that shortfall, spot power prices jumped to more than…
