(Reuters) - The Texas power grid operator said late on Wednesday it was resuming normal operations after lifting emergency measures, but still encouraged users to reduce power electric use.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which serves more than 26 million customers, had earlier declared an Energy Emergency Alert Level 2 (EEA 2), as operating reserves continued to drop.
"No power outages associated with the ERCOT power grid were necessary," ERCOT said, adding that Texas had set a new September peak demand record of 82,705 Megawatts (MW).
That was still below its all-time peak demand record of 85,435 MW hit on Aug. 10.
Real-time power prices briefly hovered around $5,000 in most of ERCOT's Texas hubs, according to the ERCOT website.
Persons:
ERCOT, Swati Verma, Rahul Paswan, Sherin Elizabeth Varghese, Ashitha, Richard Chang, Jamie Freed, Kim Coghill
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Reuters, Reliability, of Texas, Energy, Texas
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Texas, EEA, ERCOT's Texas, Bengaluru