@DonnaCampbellTX Maybe this experience will give you some insight into the challenges and needs of Texans with handicaps and disabilities, and reflect on the dismal level of state funding and support.
No additional outages overnight, although a few generating units tripped. Energy consumption is much higher this morning compared to yesterday, but there is sufficient power to serve load over morning peak. Grid operator expects to come out of emergency conditions later today.
Photos showing U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his family boarding a plane allegedly bound for Cancún went viral early Thursday morning. https://t.co/yWIOeutt1F
EMERGENCY OUTAGE UPDATE at 1:15 p.m.:
🔊ERCOT has given Austin Energy permission to restore some customers!
What you need to know:
⚡We've been able to restore 16 circuits across our service area.
⚡We are prioritizing customers who have been without power the longest.
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We know this is hard. We continue to work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power. We gained some MWs overnight but are back to 14,000 MW of load shed; lost east DC-tie imports due to Midwest power emergency. We hope to reduce outages over the course of the day.
Must-read @rossramsey, cutting to the chase: “Do the people running state government in Texas know what they’re doing?” https://t.co/MwycLH1k2f #txlege
EMERGENCY OUTAGE UPDATE at 7:30 a.m.: Due to the ice storm, we are now in two emergency events.
1. We still haves outages to help maintain ERCOT's electric grid.
2. The ice storm is now causing more outages throughout our service area.
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Multiple outages across the service area. Largest SE of Manor with 1,499 members without power; 379 w/o power in Bastrop south of TX 71 & north of river; 199 w/o power in area east of Lexington. Crews on site or in route to 16 outages across area.