ERCOT requests energy conservation by citizens

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas claims Texans’ conservation efforts and “changes in procedures and processes” prevented rotating outages Monday, in a time of record-breaking power demand.

As Lubbock and areas served by ERCOT, the system called for conservation on Monday, when a new June record for electricity demand was set. Preliminary data indicates a new record of 69,943 MW of power, w…