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Common question answers about controlled power outages
Common question answers about controlled power outages By Dallas Payeton | February 16, 2021 at 6:59 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 6:59 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The cold weather is causing temporary power outages across the state and in southwest Oklahoma as people are using more energy to stay warm.
The controlled power outages begin once the Southwest Power Pool issues a level three Energy Emergency Alert.
Tim Hushbeck with the Public Service of Oklahoma said one of the most common questions has been, why is Southwest Power Pool having electric companies do this?
“The main goal is to keep from crashing the whole power grid in this portion of the United States. You might remember some of the blackouts in New York years ago, and some of that when it cascaded across the country. We don’t want a situation like that, and that would be the worse-case scenario for everyone,” Hushbeck said.