ERCOT: 2.1 Million Without Power in Texas
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid operator for most of the state, reported more than 2.1 million customers remain out of service in the ERCOT region Sunday morning, due to the impact of Hurricane Ike, according to estimates from transmission/distribution providers. Most of the outages were in the Houston-Galveston area.
Preliminary estimates from transmission/distribution providers indicate it could take three-four weeks to get all load restored.
Also, 114 high-voltage transmission lines remained out of service. These include six 345-kV lines, most in the Houston-Galveston area. Eighty-nine 138-kV and 21 69-kV lines are also disabled. Preliminary reports from transmission/distribution providers indicate most of the transmission outages are due to debris on the lines rather than significant structural damage.
About 3000 MW of generation is not available, primarily due to absence of transmission, representing 13 generating plants (35 units total). Generation capacity is not an issue at this time because of the significant load loss.
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