Record-Breaking Grid Loads in Texas, South as Heatwave Persists
[August 5, 2011] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,685 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
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Disaster Calendar 2011 – August 5 Entry
Oklahoma, USA. The official death toll from Oklahoma heatwave has climbed to 15, reports said.
Texas, USA. As temperatures topped 100F (38C) in parts Texas for the 39th straight day, a “power emergency” was declared for the fourth consecutive day. Heat records across the U.S. were broken at least 2,600 times during last month.
Texas’ power grid was still at Level 1 emergency Friday afternoon, as reserves dropped below 2,300 megawatts, ERCOT reported.
Thursday’s peak demand was 66,815 megawatts between 4 pm and 5 pm local time, when ERCOT was forced to pull 1,033 megawatts from several neighboring grids, including Mexico.
Friday’s peak is expected to rise to 67,794 megawatts.
Meantime, the rising water temperatures in Tennessee River, which climbed over 90 degrees on Wednesday, forced Tennessee Valley Authority to cut down electricity generation by 50 percent at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Decatur, Alabama.
Water from Tennessee River is used to cool down the nuclear reactors at the plant.
U.S. Drought Outlook. The drought in Texas, Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico is forecast to persist or intensify until the end of October, NWS reported.
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