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Controlled Outages to Continue Into Tuesday; At Least 2M Customers Affected; 500K Back Online Elvira Sakmari, Frank Heinz and Logan McElroy © Provided by NBC Dallas What to Know ERCOT ordered utility companies to begin rotating outages early Monday morning; the outages are expected to continue into Tuesday. ERCOT and Oncor call for all Texans to conserve electricity through Tuesday due to record-breaking electric demand. ERCOT set a winter peak demand record Sunday night. Local Power Operators Have Not Been Able to Rotate Outages as Hoped, ERCOT Says Replay Video UP NEXT Th...

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 nig...

The winter storm that brought several inches of snow to the state Sunday has prompted a power emergency Monday forcing millions of Texans to live without heat and electricity as plunging temperatures struggle to climb out of the single digits

Today, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the governing body that oversees the electric grid in Texas, has instructed utilities to begin rotating outages, which are controlled, temporary interruptions of electrical service that rotate through different parts of the electric grid.

Updated: 10:02 AM CST February 14, 2021 TYLER, Texas — As Texas braces for the record-breaking winter storm, energy officials are worried that between increased demand and weather conditions, there may not be enough power generation to meet the high demand for electricity.  The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is requesting all Texans to limit and reduce their electric use as much as possible Sunday, Feb. 14 through Tuesday, Feb. 16. "The state is currently experiencing record-breaking electric demand due to the extreme cold temperatures and higher-than-normal ...