Folks,
Turn off your power...
· High demand, warm temperatures, limited wind output, a planned outage on the Alberta – British Columbia intertie, and an unplanned outage on the Alberta – Saskatchewan intertie caused the Alberta grid to enter Energy Emergency Alert 1 at 12:47 MPT, placing operating reserves resources on high alert. At 13:13, the Alberta grid entered Energy Emergency Alert 2, indicating that operating reserves resources were necessary to meet demand requirements. AESO also issued a press release urging the public to voluntarily reduce power usage due to supply shortfall.
We have been working today to help the Province by utilizing your demand response programs to help alleviate this issue. Instability will likely remain overnight and into tomorrow, your grid system remains in supply shortfall.
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