KIXS FM 108 » conservation http://kixs.com The Country Leader Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Whooping Crane Habitat Now Protected http://kixs.com/new-whooping-crane-habitat-now-protected/ http://kixs.com/new-whooping-crane-habitat-now-protected/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:55:31 +0000 Joe Bob http://kixs.com/?p=64904 Like clockwork the whooping cranes appear in the marshlands of the coastal bend every year. Were it not for the hard work and perseverance of several conservation groups, the cranes may have disappeared from the face of the earth. Today, the crane population continues to grow and the work continues along with them.

]]> http://kixs.com/new-whooping-crane-habitat-now-protected/feed/ 0 Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program ERCOT News Release: Power Warning – Conservation Critical http://kixs.com/ercot-news-release-power-warning-conservation-critical/ http://kixs.com/ercot-news-release-power-warning-conservation-critical/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:23:55 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kixs.com/?p=8356 Austin, Aug.4, 2011 - Consumers and businesses are asked to reduce their electricity use during peak electricity hours from 3 to 7 p.m. today to avert the need for rotating outages.

 

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), system operator for the state’s bulk transmission grid, initiated Energy Emergency Alert Level 2 at 2:26 p.m. today due to responsive reserves below 1,750 megawatts (MW).

"Interruptible loads – large customers paid to be dropped in a level 2 emergency have been deployed," said Kent Saathoff, vice president of system planning and operations.

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