HOUSTON– ERCOT admitted most of lost reserve electricity generation on Monday was due to unscheduled upkeep issues.ERCOT stated 9,691 megawatts of the overall loss on Monday was due to a forced outage, implying it was unintended and unanticipated.”The number of power plants that were offline for failures was a bit worrying provided where we are and the temperature levels,” Dr. Joshua Rhodes, a research study assistant who studies the Texas Electrical Grid at the University of Austin, said.Rhodes characterized the issue as a “yellow light,” not yet an emergency situation, however a possible problem if these power generation problems are not corrected prior to the hottest days of summer arrives.Tuesday, KPRC 2 Investigates telephoned into an ERCOT conference call that is not designed for media involvement but is a public meeting.A member of the conference appeared to explain that closed conferences, akin to executive sessions, might be more useful to the organization.AdERCOT asking Texans to save energy through Friday “Yeah, I was going to eject them,” the determined conference member said after discovering KPRC 2 was on the call.AdAdCopyright 2021 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.