Energy Alerts Descriptions
Stage 0 No Emergency
Reserves are within normal operating levels.
Stage 1 Emergency
Declared at any time it is clear that an Operating Reserve shortfall (i.e., less than 7%) is unavoidable, or is forecast to occur within the next two hours.
Results: Requests for Voluntary conservation.
Stage 2 Emergency
Declared at any time it is clear an Operating Reserve shortfall (i.e., less than 5%) is unavoidable, or is forecast to occur within the next two hours.
Results: Requests for Non-firm or interruptible load curtailments.
Stage 3 Emergency
Declared at any time it is clear an Operating Reserve shortfall (i.e., less than 1 ½ %) is unavoidable, or is forecast to occur within the next two hours.
Results: Requests for firm load curtailments (Service interruptions).