More: Governor blasts ERCOT for power outagesĮRCOT has been the target of withering criticism for its handling of the weather emergency.
"We’re at a point in the restoration where we’re going to keep energizing circuits as fast as we safely can until we run out of available generation," said ERCOT’s system director Dan Woodfin. The Energy Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit that controls the state’s power grid, said in a news release late Wednesday “ERCOT continues to make progress on restoring power to the electric system.” It appeared the man lived in the bus, but cause of death was not immediately determined.Ī spokesman for United Regional Health Care said the hospital has seen victims of slips and falls come into the emergency room, but has experienced a decrease of volume in ER patients during the inclement weather. Wichita Falls Police investigated a man found dead in an old school bus on Fort Worth Street. A man was killed by carbon monoxide fumes as he tried to heat his home with a fuel generator. Power outages prompted the City of Wichita Falls and several churches to open warming stations for those who lost electricity.Īt least one death was attributed to the outages. Schools and non-essential service such as trash pickup were cancelled for the remainer of the week. More: UPDATED: As snow bears down and power stays out, Thursday cancelations, closures pour in Daytime highs were predicted to be in the 40s over the weekend, meaning the snowmelt can begin in earnest. The temperature crept toward a predicted high of 27 degrees, warmer than previous days but not enough to melt the 10-inch snowpack.įriday was forecasted to bring sunny skies and 36 degrees, breaking the region out of sub-freezing temperatures for the first time in a week. Oncor said it has been able to restore most power by remote control, but, "the outages that remain require field personnel who are working around the clock in these restoration efforts."ĭespite a hopeful forecast for the days ahead, Wichita Falls remained frozen Thursday. The temperature dropped to 6 degrees in the dead of night with a wind chill factor of -12. The company said any outages that remain are the result of damage from the winter storm. "As a result of increased generation and stable demand, Oncor has been able to cease controlled, or rotating, outages," Oncor's website said. The Oncor outage map showed that has of 4 p.m. Thursday only 3 customers were without power.
Little reported 5 days Fix the damn grid.I hate Terrible customer service and they don’t want to say they’re liable for anything. Can’t do anything and it’s cold! Please fix this reported 3 days Rowlett out of power smh.Sean Van reported it’s hard to believe your chicken parm is as awful as it is.He put in Service Order for fix at 9am, initial ETA for repair on your outage map showed 230 pm, now says unknown. Brian reported 22 hours Are we really going to have a repeat of Feb 2021? Partial outage since 730am (NO HEAT AGAIN), reported and talked to the guy out here this morning.And Oncor sent automated messages claiming the issue was fixed. JG Restore reported 15 hours Our power on our street in Dallas has been flickering on and off for several hours now.
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