Millions of Texans lost power last week during a historic winter storm.
Texas state lawmakers on Thursday will hold the first of what will likely be many hearings in response to the blackout that gripped Texas last week. They will discuss what happened and how to stop it from happening again. They will also be using a lot of jargon that hardly anyone understands.
For those of you who want to follow along, here s a glossary of terms you ll likely be hearing a lot in the coming months. Hopefully this will help demystify the wild world of Texas power generation and distribution.
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Southwest Power Pool no longer under energy emergency alert
This includes LP&L and South Plains Electric Co-Op, Inc. Southwest Power Pool is no longer under an energy emergency alert. (Source: KCBD) By KCBD Staff | February 18, 2021 at 12:14 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 12:53 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - As of 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Southwest Power Pool is no longer under an energy emergency alert. This includes LP&L and South Plains Electric Co-Op, Inc.
Due to continuing cold weather, it remains in a period conservative operations until 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 for the entire SPP balancing authority area.
Early Thursday morning, SPP was teetering between a Level 1 and 2, with no rotating outages implemented. However, SPP is still urging all homes and businesses to conserve electricity, but are not directing any interruptions of service at this time.
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A winter storm system is bringing frigid temperatures to the central United States, including Northeast Texas, where the region is buried under several inches of snow and ice. Temperatures across the region remained in the single digits well into Monday morning. The National Weather Service forecasts afternoon highs in the mid teens.
Snow accumulations measured around 4 inches or greater across much of the region as of Monday morning. In Emory, local officials reported 5 inches of snow at the Rains County Courthouse at 6:32 a.m.
Rolling electrical blackouts, a planned effort to reduce electricity usage, began across Texas early Monday morning and could continue as long as extremely low temperatures persist.