[Texas Power Grid Chief: Hopes Data Centers Can Cut Power Before Outage Crisis] Golden Finance reports that on November 12th, the head of the Texas power grid planned to request authorization from the state legislature to require data centers to cut power consumption before a state of emergency is declared. Currently, Texas can only require data centers to reduce power demand when the power emergency reaches Level 2 of a three-tiered alert system. Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Texas Electric Reliability Commission (ERCOT), hopes that these facilities can be required to cut power consumption before the grid reaches Level 1 alert, or even before the initial signs of a power shortage appear. Vegas stated, "From an operational perspective, cutting power consumption for large users like data centers definitely requires us to consider moving this process earlier in the process. If there is a power shortage in the state, we absolutely do not want to affect residents' lives and daily business activities."