ERCOT energy emergencies this year
How many days ERCOT has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
ERCOT energy emergencies this year
How many days ERCOT has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
ERCOT capacity emergency days in 2026
In effect now
Normal
No capacity declaration across the footprint
EEA days in 2026
0
NERC Energy Emergency Alert, any level
Warning or emergency days in 2026
0
0 days with any capacity alert · 0 covered all of ERCOT
Days in 2026, by level
| Alert or higher | 0 |
| Warning or higher | 0 |
| Emergency action or higher | 0 |
| Load shed or higher | 0 |
| EEA 1 or higher | 0 |
| EEA 2 or higher | 0 |
| EEA 3 | 0 |
Market days with a capacity declaration anywhere in ERCOT. Drills are left out.
Declarations
| From | ERCOT's notice |
|---|
What this shows
ERCOT's ladder
ERCOT posts a Weather Watch, then an Advisory and a Watch as reserves tighten, then Energy Emergency Alert levels 1 to 3. EEA 3 is the level at which ERCOT can order rotating outages. Conservation appeals go out alongside these through ERCOT's TXANS notices.
How the days are counted
A day counts when a capacity declaration at alert or above covers any part of it, in the market's own time zone, whether it covered the whole footprint or one region. Each day takes the highest step and NERC EEA level declared that day, and overlapping or renewed postings count once. Drills are never counted.
One ladder across markets
Every operator names its steps differently. Ask the Grid places each on one ladder, advisory, alert, warning, emergency action and load shed, with the NERC EEA level the operator states or its procedure defines, so a day here means the same thing in every market.
What people ask
Has ERCOT declared an Energy Emergency Alert this year?
The EEA counts at the top of this page say, with each day it was declared. They come from ERCOT's own postings and update within minutes of a new one.
What is the difference between an alert, a warning and an emergency?
An alert says supply may be tight ahead of time. A warning says reserves are short or about to be. An emergency action means the operator is already using emergency resources, and load shed means it is cutting load to protect the grid.
Why count a declaration that covered only part of the market?
A balancing area or region under an EEA is the market under an emergency there. The page shows how many days covered the whole footprint separately, and marks each declaration with where it applied.
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