Energy companies have been directed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to rotate power outages.
More than 1.8 million energy customers in Texas are without power, with The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) initiating rotating outages. Power Outage US reports that nearly two million Texans are without power as numerous energy providers implement controlled outages to control the flow of power. Texas is being hit by a winter storm and facing freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall. ERCOT entered emergency conditions and began the rotating outages at 1.25 a.m. CT on Monday as the extreme weather conditions facing Texas caused generating units to «trip offline and become unavailable.» ERCOT says that the rotating outages will likely last through the morning and could continue until the weather emergency is over. ERCOT President and CEO Bill Magness said: «Every grid operator and every electric company is fighting to restore power right now.» Around 675,000 customers are without power at the time of writing. Oncor says the power outages are taking place in mostly residential neighborhoods and business areas. The energy provider is rotating electric outages to protect the electric grid and because the supply of electricity is lower than demand, which means customers may experience outages lasting between 15 to 45 minutes.
