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For the second time this week, the Alberta Electric System Operator has issued a grid alert for the province.
“The AESO has declared a grid warning at 6:49 am due to tight supply,” the non-profit organization posted on Xformerly known as Twitter, Friday morning.
“A generation is slowly coming online, and we expect conditions to return to normal by 10 am”
On Wednesday night, AESO issued a grid warning for the province “due to an unexpected generation loss.” Forty minutes after he announced that he had issued that grid warning, AESO posted on social media that it had been lifted.
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Global News reached out to AESO for a statement after the warning was issued on Friday morning.
“We are back to a tight supply situation this morning due to multiple generators being offline, low wind generation, and solar not producing any significant megawatts this morning,” Diane Kossman, spokeswoman for AESO, wrote in an email. “We have thermal generation coming online but it is slower than expected.
“On Wednesday, we had a large thermal generation unit unexpectedly drop out during peak evening hours, which meant we had to go into emergency reserves to meet demand and maintain system reliability.”
Kossman added that “multiple generators are returning to service today, which should alleviate any lingering concerns.”
On its website, AESO offers Albertans energy-saving tips, especially for peak usage hours. The organization says it issues grid alerts “when the power system is under stress and we are preparing to use emergency reserves to meet demand and maintain system reliability.”
When that happens, Albertans are asked to reduce their electricity use to help reduce the likelihood of more serious actions being taken in response to a grid alert, such as a rotating power outage.
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