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Frolicking, sledding. tomorrow will be a better one as well. not too cold. well see a lot of the snow getting up and out of the way. thankfully a weekend storm. we have a great day to dig out. eric? eric: great day for kids to go sledding. after the whiteout. molly line in plymouth. arthel? arthel: the noreaster leaving nearly 50,000 customers in northeastern massachusetts without power. joining me by phone is a caroline, the spokesperson forever source, new englands largest electric provider. t...

Say this is one of the strong eest storms to make landfall in modern times. thats how we characterize it. that is bearing fruit as were starting to see more of the damage. in a number of hours we should have a much clearer picture of what things look like. its so catastrophic that all eight transmission lines that deliver power in new orleans are currently out of service. that is according to entergy, which is the main utility, electric provider for new orleans. they say theyre assessing the dam...

CONSUMER ALERT: What you should know if your electricity provider goes out of business Debbie Strauss, Special Projects Producer Robert Arnold, Investigative Reporter Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – The fallout continues after last month’s historic winter storm that crippled the Texas power grid. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced this week that retail providers are behind by $345 million in payments. The power providers that are in default of payment are now trying to figure...

Millions of Texans lost power last week during a historic winter storm. Texas state lawmakers on Thursday will hold the first of what will likely be many hearings in response to the blackout that gripped Texas last week. They will discuss what happened and how to stop it from happening again. They will also be using a lot of jargon that hardly anyone understands. For those of you who want to follow along, heres a glossary of terms youll likely be hearing a lot in the coming months. Hopefully t...

Demand for power was at just above 49,000 megawatts Monday morning, which was just short of a 50,000 megawatt system capacity, according to ERCOT. One megawatt of electricity can power around 200 homes during periods of peak demand. Over 30,000 megawatts of power generation was offline Monday, ERCOT officials said. "Every grid operator and every electric company is fighting to restore power right now," said ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness. Rotating outages will likely last throughout the m...

South of us three weeks later. september 5 and 6 we had gene and francis. francis and then gene. in 2004. people who have been in the community for those 15 years know exactly what it means and take it seriously. i have seen all week long we have started early. people were getting gas three days ago. they were starting to get boarded up and we have a new electric provider in the community. which has half of the state of florida. the east coast. we previously had a government electric. now were s...

Of the island are and city day -- the island and city day before yesterday knowing that there would be some people who would stay. we have had, so far, in our search and rescue missions no fatalities and no injuries. laura: okay. >> the majority of our people, i would say 95% of our people left. as they were directed to. lauer lur and, you know -- laura: and, you know, were seeing these photos of the power lines down, and thats such an important part of this story. im just curious if anybody has...