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59.774Hz? That's a huge frequency error. I saw 59.6 go by. 29.5 seconds behind. Those are load-shedding levels. Unusually cold weather and heat pumps. Ouch.

Back up to 60.080. They'll run a little fast if they can to make the remaining synchronous clocks catch up.



Up to 30 seconds behind again, was as low as 10 just recently. 800MW of reserve remains.

I wonder what "Current System Inertia" is.


From ERCOT's materials:

Power system inertia is defined as the ability of a power system to oppose changes in system frequency due to resistance provided by rotating masses. The level of inertia present in a system at any time is dependent on the amount of kinetic energy stored in rotating masses of synchronously-interconnected machines, including various types of generators as well as synchronously operating motor loads.

See: http://www.ercot.com/content/wcm/key_documents_lists/141324/... (you may need a VPN to USA IP to access this)

Effectively, this is the amount of kinetic energy in the grid at any given point in time.




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