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What It Means?
A Condition Yellow (Known inside the industry as Alert Level 2) Energy Emergency exists where:
  1. Reserve Deficiency: All available generating capacity is loaded and all operating reserves are utilized,
  2. Insufficient generation/transmission resources are available, for delivery to the power company transmission grid, to serve all customers. The expected energy delivery shortfall is substantial.

What Will Happen?
Condition Yellow (known inside the industry as Alert Level 2) is a warning condition that outages may be possible. If outages are necessary, a Condition Red alert would be issued and outages may begin. The amount of load to be dropped depends on the actual generation shortfall (i.e., scheduled resources versus actual load) at the time any rotating outages begin. Load will be dropped in blocks. The outages will affect various parts of the system.

How Long Will A Yellow Condition Last?
In the event that substantial power resources are not obtained within this period, a Condition Red alert would be issued and rotating outages may occur.

Who Will Be Affected?
Any area within the power company service area may be affected. The blackout route is determined by circuits, and not specifically by location blocks. Areas that will not be affected include hospitals, and public services such as sewer and water systems.

What You Should Do?
Do not panic. In the event that a Condition YELLOW is declared, company officials will be following a detailed emergency plan throughout the course of the condition.

Check this Web site for specific instructions. Additionally, by signing up for the Heads Up service, e-mail alerts to your computer and/or wireless device will keep you notified.

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