According to a post by the Alberta Electric Systems Operator (AESO), unideal weather conditions and an outage in B.C. are straining the province's electrical grid.
A grid alert is issued when the power system is under stress and staff are preparing to use emergency reserves to meet demand and maintain system reliability, according to the AESO’s website.
Residents are asked to reduce electrical usage to prevent more serious emergency measures and to balance out the system. “The AESO takes a variety of actions to maintain reliability, including using emergency reserves, reducing or suspending exports or energy sales, cancelling transmission maintenance, implementing voluntary curtailment programs , and requesting emergency imports,” the organization’s website read.“As the last option to maintain reliability, the AESO can initiate temporary rotating power outages.”
Due to a combination of hot weather, a BC outage that affects intertie capability to import, and low wind generation, the AESO has declared a Grid Alert. Find information on Grid Alerts here
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