https://kvia.com/news/el-paso/2021/02/15/el-pasos-not-seeing-power-outages-like-the-rest-of-texas-and-heres-why/
On Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 2:24 AM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> ... rolling black outs , frozen turbines, and downed power lines...
> My friend had to rig cover for heat pump in San Antonio...
> Very few of those in El Paso...
> We have gas furnace as most older homes have...my house is very well
> insulated.. only sheet rock in our house is in room additions and storage
> rooms in back.
> Walls are solid...ac and heat run through same duct system...redid it a
> few years ago when we replaced roof and Master cool.
> It's 27° outside right now and heater is off...it's 72 in here.
> Can't do that in most new homes...one friend had pipes burst inside his
> wall on Sunday... luckily in garage...yep sheetrock...
> Stay safe folks...
>
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 8:21 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> media reports from the last few days were scheduled rolling blackouts
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:12 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> They explained on PBS tonight that they are not "rolling blackouts",
>>> they are widespread power outages b/c of the ice bringing down power lines.
>>>
>>>
>>> bp
>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>
>>> On 2/15/2021 5:56 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> I dont understand the rolling blackouts. its hot as balls in texas in
>>> the summer so youd figure peak demand with all the AC then is well over
>>> what it is in the winter. Whats stepping up the winter demand? are you guys
>>> mostly electric heat and hot water or something there?
>>>
>>> We maybe see some brownout here in peak summer, but winter its never an
>>> issue other than storm damage outages because we never learn to harden
>>> anything here
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 7:07 PM Ron M. <ccie4...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My home in Fort Stockton has been out for going on 8 hours now, and
>>>> TNMP says repair time is 5pm tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> I'm in Austin, so won't be back out west until the weekend. At least
>>>> I've got someone looking after the house while I'm gone.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 5:39 PM Jaime Solorza <
>>>> losguyswirel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> El Paso Electric which serves our area and Southern New Mexico is not
>>>>> part of the other Texas utilities experiencing rolling power outages.
>>>>> Back
>>>>> in 2011 we had power outages and water pipe damage. Both utilities took
>>>>> steps to prove systems with anti-freeze technology and all types of
>>>>> sensors.
>>>>> We installed several sensors and links for many of these projects
>>>>> years ago.
>>>>> As of 6:00pm today only 3,000 customers lost power for five minutes.
>>>>> Hope you guys are safe.
>>>>>
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