Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – The Electric Reliability Commission of Texas (ERCOT) has released a list of 1,280 unplanned outages already this summer form generators powering the state.
Data shows that at least 224 of those outages happened from june 14 to june 18 when Texans were urged to conserve energy.
The report on Wednesday came a week after the Public Utility Commission of Texas ordered ERCOT to post information about outages within three days.
The new data confirms outages were from thermal energy sources, including coal and natural gas.
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