As Power Returns, Questions About Outage Distribution Remain
There are rumors about the Park Cities getting preferential treatment. Online data are hard to parse.
By Matt Goodman
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February 19, 2021
1:16 pm
Days after North Texans began losing electricity, public officials say it is still difficult to determine how Oncor managed this week’s power outages. Oncor says it avoided cutting power to critical infrastructure like hospitals, prioritizing its outages on equipment that powered homes and businesses across its service area. It had to move so quickly that its messaging was broadened to tell the entire city it was at risk, leaving neighborhoods guessing at whether their power would shut off and for how long.
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