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Oncor said outages will continue as the grid contends with record-low temperatures and power generation.
In a tweet Tuesday morning, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said 280,000 Oncor customers in Dallas County were without power and that electricity infrastructure was breaking. He said that in a call with ERCOT senior leadership, he was told that a power generation increase expected overnight did not happen.
280k customers in @DallasCountyTx without power. @oncor reports they were able to cycle most customers with extended outages on for roughly 30 minutes an average of three times last night but many didn’t get that. Transformers are breaking and where that is happening.. Clay Jenkins (@JudgeClayJ) February 16, 2021
Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the White House has issued a Federal Emergency Declaration for Texas in response to the severe winter weather throughout the state. The Governor submitted a request for this declaration on Saturday to assist the State in response to efforts related to the storm.