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The majority of outages within the Texas grid during a February cold snap were weather-related, a preliminary report from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) found.
At peak, 54% of generator outages in the region were caused by weather-related issues, during the Feb. 14-19 time period, while 14% of outages were caused by equipment failures and 12% by fuel limitations. Approximately 51,173 MW were forced offline during that period, according to ERCOT s analysis, sent to the Texas Public Utility Commission Tuesday, down slightly from the grid operator s original estimate of 52,277 MW.
Weather-related outages were defined by the grid operator as outages explicitly attributed to cold weather, including frozen or flooded equipment. ERCOT is still waiting on data from the full event, which lasted from Feb. 10-19.
Texans with 940 area codes will soon need to dial all 10 digits Texans with 940 area codes will soon need to dial all 10 digits (Source: Public Utility Commission of Texas) By KAUZ Team | April 7, 2021 at 3:25 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 3:30 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - Texans in several regions, including those with 940 area codes, will soon have to dial all 10 digits for local calls.
The Federal Communications Commission issued an order last year that approved 988 as the three-digit abbreviated dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Several Texas area codes have numbers with a 988 prefix, which means those areas must transition from seven-digit to 10-digit local dialing.