For your information..I have not been affected in Waco. I have TU
from the Texas board
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 11:21:00 AM smokingfrog
The blackouts will last 10 to 45 minutes per neighborhood. The locations and durations of the blackouts will be determined by local utilities.
CenterPoint Energy said it began the rolling blackouts at about 5:45 a.m. and an average of 330,000 customers are affected at a time.
“This is a statewide emergency and CenterPoint Energy is complying with direct orders from ERCOT,” said Scott Prochazka, division senior vice president of CenterPoint Energy’s electric transmission and delivery operations. “Although we realize this is an inconvenience for our customers, these controlled rolling outages are planned emergency measures designed to avoid potentially longer, and more widespread power outages. We will continue these rolling outages until we receive direction from ERCOT that the electric supply in Texas has stabilized.”
CenterPoint Energy said it has pre-determined which circuits/power lines will be systematically brought off-line or curtailed across its entire service territory, but has not released a schedule to the public.
Hospitals, nursing homes, water treatment plants and public service facilities are generally excluded from the blackouts
http://www.txu.com/en/power-outage.aspx
02-02-2011 (Afternoon Update): The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a notice that rotating outages are no longer needed at this time; however, there is a strong possibility that they will be required again this evening or tomorrow, depending on how quickly the disabled generation units can be returned to service.
For more information about the rolling outages, click here
Energy conservation is still critical during peak demand hours this evening between 6 and 10 pm. To learn more about how to conserve energy, click here
Please note that some consumers are still out of power due to the winter storm conditions.
I have TU also and I haven’t had any blackouts...XX fingers just in case! :)