What Does ERCOT Do If They Declare Energy Emergency Alert Level 1?

If operating reserves drop below 2,300 MW and are not expected to recover within 30 minutes:

• Bring all available generation online and release any unused reserves
• Increase other generation supplies and use demand response to lower electric demand, including:
  • Imports from neighboring electric grids, if available: up to 1,220 MW
  • Switchable generation that can serve multiple electric grids, if available: up to 434 MW
  • Emergency Response Service (some commercial/small industrial customers who are paid to reduce their power within 30 minutes during emergencies): 820 MW