Grid Stress Alerts for 4 October 2026
7 notable grid events on 4 October 2026 in ENTSO-E and EIA operator data: 1 wind and solar, 6 net imports. Records are judged against the days loaded for each zone, and each sentence says how many.
Key Facts
- Wind and solar supplied 17.0% of Texas's electricity on 4 October 2026, the 2nd lowest daily wind and solar share in 374 days of loaded history (against a median of 39.9%).
- Net imports into Italy Centre-South reached 54.1 GWh on 4 October 2026 (46% of demand), the highest daily net imports in 376 days of loaded history.
- Net imports into Switzerland reached 9.72 GWh on 4 October 2026 (6% of demand), the highest daily net imports in 376 days of loaded history.
All Alerts, 4 October 2026
7 events- Wind and solar Wind and solar supplied 17.0% of Texas's electricity on 4 October 2026, the 2nd lowest daily wind and solar share in 374 days of loaded history (against a median of 39.9%).
- Net imports Net imports into Italy Centre-South reached 54.1 GWh on 4 October 2026 (46% of demand), the highest daily net imports in 376 days of loaded history. Italy Centre-South grid
- Net imports Net imports into Switzerland reached 9.72 GWh on 4 October 2026 (6% of demand), the highest daily net imports in 376 days of loaded history. Switzerland grid
- Net imports Net imports into Albania reached 6.20 GWh on 4 October 2026 (35% of demand), the 2nd highest daily net imports in 359 days of loaded history. Albania grid
- Net imports Net imports into Serbia reached 25.6 GWh on 4 October 2026 (33% of demand), the 2nd highest daily net imports in 375 days of loaded history. Serbia grid
- Net imports Slovakia imported a net 6.53 GWh on 4 October 2026, the 2nd highest daily net imports in 374 days of loaded history and 11% of its demand that day. Slovakia grid
- Net imports Lithuania imported a net 15.7 GWh on 4 October 2026, the 3rd highest daily net imports in 367 days of loaded history and 52% of its demand that day. Lithuania grid
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (US Government work, public domain) Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (transparency.entsoe.eu), CC BY 4.0. Aggregated and converted by World Power Monitor; ENTSO-E does not endorse this site. (ENTSO-E Terms of Use plus CC BY 4.0 for listed data items) Data as of 2026-10-04. Operator data only, kept apart from annual statistics.