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Restoration costs from previous month deadly storm in houston will passed onto CentrePoint Customers

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All that work could take more weeks and come with high price and consumers will pay finally the bill.

It has been three weeks and since strong wind hits Houston destroying Houston and businesses and leaving many without power for several days.

Centrepoint workers has been busy to restore power after strong back to back storms across the Houston area.

Centre Point Executive VP of Regulatory Service and Government Affairs Jason Ryan said

“I think this storm that hit on May 16 shows that we can be ready even on no notice for hurricane type event and restore service to consumers as rapidly as possible.

Crews are still working on repairs.

“Things like temporary transmission structures were put up where there was transmission structure damage we need to go back in and replace with permanent structures.

All that works could take months and comes with high price and consumers will finally help pay that bill.

“We do not have final estimate right now for range cost”

“It will be at least $100 million of costs”

There are multiple choices the company can make in terms of trying to get reimbursement.One is reimbursement as a line item on bill some years ago was done as a surcharge,

CentrePoint told media that they have not exact final cost because they are still waiting for the bill for out of town and out of state crews who were brought in to restore power.

In Texas can your electricity be shut off during heat wave? nerc summer reliability assesment: power outages houston texas: center point outage tracker

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Texans will be asked by the state’s power grid operator to conserve electricity as days swelter in summer heat for upcoming days.

A week before Dallas-Fort Worth recorded its hottest day of year to date as 95 degrees with heat index value of 103. The region saw a high 94 degrees in middle of February.

Help Conserve Power

ERCOT suggest saving power through these tips

Lowering or raising thermostat two or three degrees during weather watches

Turn pool pumps to shut off during peak hours

Turn off and unplug non essential lights and appliances.

Avoid using mega appliances and laundry machines.

HVAC systems power up to cool homes across the state it will tax fragile network.

The power grid is incapable of keeping up with demand as emergency measure according to Electricity Reliability Council of Texas,

ERCOT manage extreme weather events and assesses how it could disrupt the state ability to distribute power

It issues advisories that include Weather Watch to an Emergency Energy Alert.

Can your power utility shut off your power?

No during extreme weather events and not even for non payment of bill. The utility company must offer reasonable payment plan for after weather emergency has passed.

Public Utility Commission of Texas considers weather emergencies.

The highest temperature did not exceed 32 degrees. The temperature is predicted to remain at or low that level for next 24 hours anywhere in county.

The NWS issues a heat advisory for county or when such advisory issued on any one of the precedings two calendar days in a county.

The Texas state’s summer power shortages are reason of rapid population and economic progress which has left generators struggling to keep race with increase in load.

The state economy grew at average annual rate of 3.4% between 2017 and 2023 compared with 2.2% for country as a whole.

The state resident population spiked to 30.5 million in 2023 from 22 million in 2003 an average annual spike of 1.6%.

Texas energy sales have increase thrice times rapid than in rest of country where they increased at rate of just 0.6% per year between 2003 and 2023.

State power sales increased to 487 billion KWh in 2023 from 323 billion kWh in 2003 an average annual increase of 2.1%.

The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas ERCOT has warned reserve margins will be squeezed upcoming days as temperatures climb.

ERCOT has issued same warning various times over previous month after issuing several alerts calling on customers to decrease power consumption last summer to avoid danger of rolling blackouts.

ERCOT has faced several problems from periodic mismatches between generations and loads.

Texas has made political decision to limit cross border interconnections with other states to avoid oversight of electricity system by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC.

Texas has shunned idea of paying power plants to maintain spare capacity rather for units of electricity generated.

To decrease costs state has operated an energy only market rather than capacity market.

ERCOT balancing problems are acute during summer season when daytime loads peak higher than rest of year as result of air conditioning.

To rebuild reserve margins reliability manages can issue no touch orders to generators and transmission owners instructing them to postpone urgent maintenance.

Reserve margins can deleted in autumn and spring shoulder seasons when gas fired coal fired and nuclear generation are taken offline for maintenance.

Heatwaves arrive far earlier than usual in spring than normal in autumn, many generators have schedule routine downtime.

Overnight power outages for thousands in NE Ohio

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Thousands FirstEnergy customers were without power early Wednesday morning.

At 3 am more than 4000 consumers in Stark County were in dark and more than 1000 in Ashland County.

Short time later over 1600 consumers in Cuyahoga County were without electricity.

The majority of outage have been restored.

Tornadoes likely in Riverside Clark County, storm damage across area

Few possible tornadoes were reported in Riverside and Clark County early this morning as thunderstorms moved across the region bringing damaging straight winds, hail along a cold front.

Thousands are without power following powerful storms that knocked down trees and power lines.

 In Clark County and Riverside radar tracked tornadic debris signature in various areas.

A tornado was reported at 4:37 am to National Weather Service in Riverside where glass was blown out at the Airway Shopping Center.

Tornado was also reported at 4 54 am to the National Weather Service in Wilmington spotted southeast of Springfield.

Heavy debris reported on Mitchell Road.

A tornado reported at 4 56 am about 4 miles southeast of Springfield with various houses damaged and debris signature also view on radar.

The NWS reported at 5 :01 am that radar confirmed a tornado southeast of Springfield toward South Vienna.

Severe thunderstorm with strong rotation was located at 4 42 am over Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Tornado was radar indicated and the NWS said a tornado is occuring or imminent.

It is not clear how many tornadoes touched down.

 The storms also dropped 2 inch or egg sized hail which reported at 4:55 am near springfield.

Storm damage report are coming in including multiple houses damaged about 5 miles east to southeast of springfield.

Mega free feel on house at 4: 35 am in Huber Height and tre fell on a car nearby.

A 12 inch diameter tree reported down at 4:59 am near New Love Road and Interstate 70 west of South Vienna.

During thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph were reported at 4 56 am at Springfield Beckley Airport.

Showers will continuer before 11 am followed by a chance of showers between 11 am and noon.Storms could produce heavy rain.

It will be cloudy with temperatures plunging to around 35 degrees by 5 pm. It also remain breezy with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tonight will clear and much colder with overnight low around 23 degrees.

Thursday will be sunny with high near 44 degrees.

Thursday night will be clear with overnight low around 28 degrees.

Friday will be cloudy with a high near 51 degrees.

There is less chance of rain Friday and Friday night which will be cloudy with overnight low 40 degrees.

Saturday will be sunny with a high near 60 and Sunday mostly sunny and much warmer with 70 degrees.

Ohio power, internet and wireless outage map: How to check your status

Freezing temperatures, natural disasters, severe storms are among reason Ohioans can lose power or wireless service.

Depending on service in area you can check the latest status of power outage, how widespread the outage is an estimated restoration time.

Depending on where they live Ohio residents can draw power from FirstEnergy, Duke Energy, AEP Ohio, Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, AES Ohio, Cleveland Public Power and Toledo Edison.

AEP Ohio power outage map

Consumers of AEP Ohio can view its power outage map here. You can report an outage here or by calling 800-672-2231

AES Ohio power outage map

You can check power outage map here. You can report your outage here or reach them by phone 24/7 about outages as 877-468-8243.

First Energy, Toledo Edison, Ohio Edison and The Illuminating Company power outage map

You can check power outage map here. you can report your outage here or reach them by phone about outages at 888-544-4877

First Energy reminds consumers to call 911 immediately if you desire a downed power line. Stay at least 30 feet away and instruct others to do the same.

Duke Energy power outage map

Duke Energy consumers can find a map of power outages here. To report an electrical outage click here or call 800-343-3525.

Duke map also has ability to show outage histories and current summary of known issues and how many customers are impacted.

AT&T outage map

AT&T permit users to sign up for text alert updates about outages or can check on outages with mobile phones or internet here. The map just confirms the problems you are having due to area outage and not just problems with your equipment. It does not provide estimated time for repair.

How to check other Ohio power outages

For companies not listed above check your power outages database that aggregates power outage information from more than 1000 companies nationwide.

Spectrum outages

Spectrum also encourages consumers to sign up for text or email alerts to stay updated on latest outage info. You can chat with a representative to ask about outages.

Downdetector provides outage status

Downdetector is powered by user reports and problems indicators from around the web.The site assist understand disruptions to the internet, web hosting platforms, banks, games, entertainments.

Verizon outages

Verizon requires consumers to sign in to their accounts to check outages you can find troubleshooting info and check on status of repair requests.

Hydro One Staff ready for another winter storm is expected to bring blizzard like conditions

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Hydro One support staff, crew and damage assessors are ready to work through blizzard like condition predicted for this weekend as much of the region prepares for another winter storm. There heavy blowing snow, thunder snow this storm is brin f damaging winds to parts of central, eastern and southern Ontario.

Hydro One has a number of modern outage instrument available for consumers to report outages and access updates when and how they desire outage text alerts.

The organization is motivating consumers to ensure they are ready to shelter in place with a fully stocked emergency preparedness kit as winter storm can make road and access conditions challenging delaying restoration.

“We encourage our customers to prepare by ensuring their emergency preparedness kits are ready in advance of the potential blizzard conditions” Hydro One said.

Hydro One Limited through its wholly owned subsidiaries is Ontario mega electricity transmission and distribution company with 1.5 million valued customers. $31.5 billion in asset as of December 31 2022. Company has annual revenue in 2022 of $7.8 billion.

We are committed to the communities where we live and work through community investment, diversity initiatives, sustainability. We are designated as Sustainable Electricity Leader by Electricity Canada.

Our team of 9300 skilled employees proudly build and maintain a safe and reliable electricity system which is essential to support strong and successful communities. In 2002 Hydro One invested $2.1 billion in its distribution and transmission networks and supported the economy through buying $1.9 billion of services and goods.

A personalize emergency kit show the need of household

  • A manual can opener
  • Extra batteries
  • Cash
  • Water and food for all family members and pets
  • Battery powered flashlights and radio
  • Blankets
  • Emergency numbers including hydro outage line 1-800-434-1235
  • Fully charged cellphone

LCUB Power outage in West Knoxville could take multiple hours to restore

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LCUB shared around 6 am that 288 consumers were without power. At the top of the outage, more than 1700 consumers in the location of Concord Hills, Woody Road and Canton Hollow were impacted according to LCB outage map.

The Lenoir City Utilities Board is trying hard to restore an outage in West Knoxville due by a drop tree. The utility power shared on Facebook that the full restoration of power will take multiple hours. A fallen tree on Canton Hollow Road affected 4 electric line poles and the associated conductor.