and last updated 2021-02-15 17:47:44-05
AUSTIN, TX â Governor Greg Abbott has deployed additional resources to respond to severe winter weather that s impacting the entire state.
In a press release, the governor s office said state agencies are sending resources and personnel to assist local officials in clearing roadways. State officials are also assisting local essential workers, such as healthcare professionals and power grid workers.
The governor and the Texas Military Department have deployed the National Guard across Texas to conduct welfare checks and transport in-need Texans to warming centers.
On Sunday, Gov. Abbott received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Energy to allow Texas power generators to increase production. However, some generators are unable to increase production because their operatios have been frozen.
AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) Governor Greg Abbott says the massive outages leaving millions in the dark Monday were caused by private power companies that fell short, calling it the winter version of Hurricane Harvey. The people who have fallen short with regard to the power are the private power generation companies, Abbott said.
In a call with ABC13, Abbott expressed frustration that power generators hadn t done enough to ensure the flow of electricity would continue. There s a separate part of the system that is not working right now, and those are the private companies that generate the power that goes into ERCOT. And it s those private companies that generate power that are not working, Abbott said. They were working up until about midnight last night, but after midnight, some of them literally froze up, and were incapable of providing power, and some are still incapable of providing power.