Emergency Load Curtailment Plan (ELCP)
Understanding the TVA Emergency Load Curtailment Plan (ELCP)
February 20 and 21 – TVA has called for Step 20 curtailment each day beginning at 6:00am.
TVA has an Emergency Load Curtailment Program for when demand on the electric grid is at its highest. The ELCP is designed to ensure the stable operation of TVA’s generation and transmission assets during periods of peak load.
Sequential steps of the ELCP:
• Step 10 – TVA and VEC will reduce the electric loads inside of their own facilities.
• Step 10 – TVA and VEC will make a public appeal for voluntary reduction in electric usage.
• Step 30 – TVA and VEC will make sure every possible action has been taken to avoid the mandatory involvement of the public.
• Step 40 – TVA will call on any industrial or commercial customers who are enrolled in their interruptible programs to reduce electric load.
• Step 50 – TVA will call on VEC to reduce electric load by disconnecting a percentage of the circuits fed out of VEC substations (rolling blackouts).
• Step 60 – TVA will cut the power supply to entire VEC substations (large scale rolling blackouts).