Feb. 18—Relief is on the way for those without power, as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Wednesday directed Oncor and other utilities to begin restoring power previously dropped from the electric grid. As a result of the increased generation and stable demand, Oncor has since been able to cease controlled, or rotating, outages. "We are working around the clock to restore power to .
LPSC commissioner gives update on power restoration efforts
Foster Campbell said that majority of power for AEP-SWEPCO customers should be restored this weekend. Power outages (Source: KSLA) By Alex Onken | February 18, 2021 at 12:26 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 8:20 PM
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA (KSLA) - Linemen and other crews from across the country have traveled to Northwest Louisiana in an effort to restore power. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell
Breaking down the outage numbers as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, 4,000 businesses and homes are powerless in Shreveport. South of the city, in the valley electric area (Natchitoches, Red River) there are 19,000 without power.
âIâm super excited and so gratefulâ: Power crews work nonstop to turn the lights back on
âIâm super excited and so gratefulâ: Power crews work nonstop to turn the lights back on By Karina Bolster | February 15, 2021 at 6:40 PM EST - Updated February 15 at 7:02 PM
CHESTERFIELD Co., Va. (WWBT) - Electric crews are finding success with restoring power to tens of thousands of people as the weather âwarmsâ up across Central Virginia.
As of 5 p.m. Monday, nearly 19,000 Dominion Energy customers in the metro-Richmond/Tri-Cities area were still without power.
However, for one North Chesterfield neighborhood, power was restored around noon Monday â nearly 50 hours after it first went out.
SWEPCO, other utility companies put emergency controlled outages in the ArkLaTex into effect again
SWEPCO crews prepare ahead of major ice storm; controlled emergency blackouts could happen again By Kaitlyn Gibson and Curtis Heyen | February 15, 2021 at 12:38 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 9:57 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) Cleco Power began periodic power outages on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 16. They say extremely cold temperatures are causing an increase in demand for power which is resulting in an overload of the power grid.
“While our crews worked to prepare for this storm, a loss of generation combined with the peak load due to record-low temperatures have caused a strain on the power grid system. In an effort to prevent damage or lengthy power outages, Cleco was instructed by MISO to begin forced power outages,” said Terry Whitmore, vice president of transmission services. “Depending on conditions, individual customers could experience multiple outages each l