Power grid holds up during wintry blast

The electricity grid covering most of Texas held up as of Monday during the latest winter storm, although localized power outages were reported in deep East Texas and far West Texas.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas dashboard indicated demand was running comfortably below available capacity. As of Sunday, more than 128,000 customers were without power, according to poweroutage.us, with the most being reported in Nacogdoches, Cherokee and Rusk counties.

“Based on expected weather conditions, ERCOT anticipates there will be sufficient generation to meet demand,” an ERCOT spokesperson said. “ERCOT will continue to deploy all available resources to manage the grid reliably and coordinate closely with the Public Utility Commission, generation providers and transmission utilities.”