A lack of wind throughout Oklahoma and the Midwest prompted a “Resource Advisory” to be issued by the Southwest Power Pool for Monday and Tuesday.
The advisory is due to an anticipated use in electrical power, but as the SPP stated in its advisry, it does not require the public to conserve energy or to take action. It was issued to “raise awarness of potential threats to reliability among entities responsible for operating transmission and generation facilities.”
“This Resource Advisory is being declared due to potential low output from wind and other variable energy resources (*also known as low VER forecast) leading into peak hours, higher than normal planned outages (*seasonally planned outages are usually scheduled for routine maintenance ahead of the winter/summer season), and the potential for additional forced outages.”
The SPP statement said the advisory was issued for its entire SPP Balancing Authority effective Monday, October 6, at 10:00 a.m. CT, until an anticipated end time of Tuesday, October 7, at 9:00 p.m. CT.
