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Thousands of people in Northeast Texas remain without electrical service as of Monday afternoon, as a night of record low temperatures approaches, with readings forecast to fall below zero across most of the region.
The outage-tracking website poweroutage.us reports amost one in three Oncor customers being without power as of late afternoon Monday. There are two major issues affecting many customers right now: winter storm outages & controlled power outages directed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Oncor said in a late-afternoon release Monday.
Most of Texas is served by the state’s own electrical grid, which is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Oncor is one of many private electricity providers that deliver power through ERCOT’s systems. Other power providers in Northeast Texas include Greenville Electric Utility System, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Texas-New Mexico Power Company, and others.
ERCOT Power Outage Map, Updates As Texas Winter Storm Leaves 1.8 Million Without Power
On 2/15/21 at 8:03 AM EST
More than 1.8 million energy customers in Texas are without power, with The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) initiating rotating outages.
Power Outage US reports that nearly two million Texans are without power as numerous energy providers implement controlled outages to control the flow of power. Texas is being hit by a winter storm and facing freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.
ERCOT entered emergency conditions and began the rotating outages at 1.25 a.m. CT on Monday as the extreme weather conditions facing Texas caused generating units to trip offline and become unavailable.
Enid News & Eagle Editorial Board Dec 31, 2020
When completed, NextEra Energy Resourcesâ Skeleton Creek project is going to be a marvel.
Already, the wind energy part of the project, Skeleton Creek Wind, is operational and will generate 250 megawatts of wind energy for Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, which will purchase all the projectâs electricity â enough to power 150,000 homes.
The rest of the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. Skeleton Creek Solar will produce 250 megawatts of solar energy, and Skeleton Creek Storage will be a 200 megawatt, four-hour battery energy storage project. The project will be located in Garfield, Alfalfa and Major counties.
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NextEra Energy Resourcesâ Skeleton Creek Wind began generating electricity on Dec. 16. (NextEra Energy Resources Photo)
NextEra Energy Resourcesâ Skeleton Creek Wind began generating electricity on Dec. 16. (NextEra Energy Resources Photo)
By Enid News & Eagle
The first phase of NextEra Energy Resourcesâ massive Skeleton Creek Project has become operational as the wind energy part of the project began generating electricity on Dec. 16.
The project, which will be located in Garfield, Alfalfa and Major counties, will combine wind, solar and battery storage when it is complete.
Skeleton Creek Wind will generate 250 megawatts of wind energy for Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, which will purchase all the projectâs electricity â about enough to power 150,000 homes.