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Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday is poised to tout improvements being made on restoring energy to Texans as the threat of freezing temperatures looms.
Gov. Greg Abbott said power has been restored to 1.2 million households in Texas since midnight Wednesday, but a timetable was not offered for a full restoration.
Things were looking up Friday as ERCOT officials expected the Texas power grid to come down from emergency status.
ERCOT leaders, president and CEO Bill Magness and Senior Director of System Operations Dan Woodfin, defended the decision to begin starting blackouts when the winter storm began Monday, arguing that if they didn't, outages could have lasted months.
Things were looking up Friday as ERCOT officials expected the Texas power grid to come down from emergency status.