According to CoinMeta, the head of Texas' power grid plans to request authorization from the state legislature to require data centers to reduce their electricity consumption before a state of emergency is declared. Currently, Texas can only ask data centers to lower their power demand when the power emergency reaches the second level of a three-level warning system. Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Texas Electric Reliability Commission (ERCOT), hopes to require these facilities to cut down on electricity usage even when the grid is at the first level of warning or before there are initial signs of a power shortage. Vegas stated, "From an operational perspective, to reduce the electricity consumption of large users like data centers, we indeed need to consider moving this process to an earlier stage. If there is a power shortage in the state, we certainly don't want to affect residents' lives and daily business activities."