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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.
At the direction of the Southwest Power Pool, the regional transmission organization that manages the power grid for parts of 14 states including all of Oklahoma, electric companies statewide on Tuesday morning resumed intentional, controlled service outages for thousands of customers.
As of 8:45 a.m., more than 51,000 Public Service of Oklahoma customers were without power, according to the utility s outage map. At that time, the National Weather Service was reporting a temperature of -10 degrees Fahrenheit in Tulsa. We would expect that to last into tomorrow, this type of situation, at least, maybe into Thursday, just depends on when the power and fuel supplies kind of ease up and allow all the generating units within the SPP footprint to get back online as much as possible and to be providing power to the grid, said PSO spokesperson Stan Whiteford at a Zoom press briefing Tuesday morning, during which Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum announced he lost power at his home during the rema
Power outages leave many to fight cold for a second day Cannan Towers apartments (Source: Tayler Davis) By Tayler Davis | January 12, 2021 at 4:41 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 9:18 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - After last weekâs storm, there are many people still without power and SWEPCO says they are working diligently to get that power back on.
Swepco Representative Karen Wissing says working to get trees off of powerlines is just one of many obstacles crews are dealing with as they work to get the lights back on.
She says theyâve even had to call in outside help for assistance.
Nearly 59,000 SWEPCO customers were without power as of 9 a.m. Monday. Â
SWEPCO crews started to restore power as they first got reports Sunday night. Additional crews were also called to support SWEPCO s restoration efforts. That includes Public Service of Oklahoma, tree crews, and line crews.
SWEPCO says if you plan to drive on the road, be mindful of utility workers. Distance yourself from them so they have the necessary space to work effectively. Also keep in mind, while crews are working to restore power, you may still experience an outage, even as the snow melts. SWEPCO spokesperson Karen Wissing says outages may still occur because âas the power lines go back up, they may come in contact with more tree branches which is really the main causes of all the outages we have now, [which] is tree lines coming in contact with power lines due to the weight of the snow.â