Heartland electric co-ops warn customer of possible rolling blackouts
Power outages in the Heartland 2/16 By Marsha Heller | February 16, 2021 at 11:20 AM CST - Updated February 16 at 12:16 PM
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (KFVS) - Several electric cooperatives that serve customers in southeast Missouri are sending out alerts about possible rolling blackouts.
According to the Black River Electric Cooperative (BREC), Associated Electric Cooperative (AECI), the power supplier for Missouri’s electric cooperatives is anticipating an unprecedented demand for electricity, which has created an emergency that could last through Friday, February 19.
The extremely constricted supply of natural gas from Texas and Oklahoma has also contributed to the emergency.