Peak Usage Notification

TESTING ONLY - Grid Notice: TESTING ONLY

SPP is issuing an Energy Emergency Alert Level 1 (EEA1) for the entire SPP Balancing Authority, effective until further notice.

• The declaration of an EEA1 does not require the public to conserve energy and does not indicate that SPP will be directing controlled service outages. Instead, an EEA1 is an indication that while SPP has enough generation available to meet demand and fulfill its reserve obligations, conditions exist that could put reserves at risk if they worsen. Individuals should contact their local utility for details specific to their area.

• The EEA1 is being declared based on forecasts of high peak loads due to widespread high temperatures, an increase in resource outages and low output from wind and other variable energy resources (*also known as low VER forecast) leading into peak hours.

• An EEA1 is the first of three levels of energy emergency alerts. An EEA2 would be triggered if SPP could no longer meet expected energy reserve requirements, or if SPP foresaw or had taken actions up to but excluding the interruption of firm load obligations.

• SPP previously declared a Conservative Operations Advisory for the entire SPP Balancing Authority, effective 11:00 a.m. CT until an anticipated end of 8:00 p.m. CT, Monday, August 26 and a Resource Advisory declared for the same start time until an anticipated end time of Tuesday, August 27 at 8:00 p.m. CT. Conservative Operations and Resources Advisories do not require the public to conserve energy.