More than 300,000 customers in Texas did not have power Wednesday because of localized outages, but the state’s main power grid remained stable.
A spokesperson for Austin Energy, which reported more than 164,000 outages, said crews were working with frozen equipment and amid brutal weather elements to restore what appeared to be widespread local outages.
While roads appeared to be safer with fewer drivers out than on Tuesday, Travis County Judge Andy Brown said overnight precipitation stuck to trees and weighed them down, snapping limbs that knocking out power lines and equipment as they fall. He described a combined effort underway by midday Wednesday to clear the debris, saying firefighters out running calls have encountered fallen branches and trees and logged them into a database for crews to address.
The causes of electricity outages Wednesday were unlike those two years ago, when the state’s power grid nearly collapsed during a catastrophic freeze that killed hundreds of Texans. This year’s winter storm is not as cold, prolonged or widespread as the one two years ago. And the current outages are due mostly to localized issues like downed power lines, not a problem with power grid itself.
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