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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) ordered the rolling blackouts on Monday, after extreme weather has already taken out power for millions of homes in Texas.
Electric, gas companies address usage amid cold weather Electric, gas companies address usage amid cold weather By Dallas Payeton | February 15, 2021 at 6:31 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 6:31 PM LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Freezing temperatures are impacting local gas and electric companies throughout the state. Tim Hushbeck is the External Affairs Manager for the Lawton Public Service of Oklahoma office. He said on Monday around noon. Southwest Power Pool emailed PSO stating that they needed to cut power across the state to lower the power level. That included Lawton as well, starting w...
Frigid weather that has sent temperatures plunging across Middle America also has power and gas utilities urging customers to dial down the thermostat. Utility companies serving Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and
The electrical grid operator for 14 central U.S. states, including North and South Dakota, instituted its most serious level of alert for the first time in its history on Monday morning. Southwest Power Pool officials said electrical demand was exceeding generation, power surpluses had dropped below critical reserve levels, and it must force utilities to institute rolling outages or face more widespread, uncontrolled blackouts.
Some companies have implemented rolling power outages in several states and that could impact Iowans.