Department of Energy Issues Emergency Order Across 17 States to Help Prevent Power Blackouts
The order lets Southwest Power Pool use idle generators as a last resort, with more than 35 gigawatts of backup capacity available nationwide, DOE said.
- On Sunday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency order authorizing the Southwest Power Pool to dispatch backup generation across 17 states to prevent heat-related power blackouts.
- A regional heat wave ignited emergency conditions as neighboring grids could not provide power due to similar high demand, leaving SPP with razor-thin reserves for possible outages.
- The DOE's Order 202-26037 covers a territory of 20 million people where temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit have strained the grid, according to the department's release.
- Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said the order reverses "previous administration's energy subtraction policies" to maintain power for Americans by utilizing unused backup generation.
- Emergency conditions are likely to persist, keeping SPP under a Conservative Operations Advisory as the region remains vulnerable to plant outages and reduced renewable generation.
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