https://www.khou.com/mobile/article/weather/centerpoint-power-houston/285-1fac7acf-9ffb-4fb8-a440-2a45c43dd2d6

" Even though some of the ice and snow is melting, Kenneth Mercado, VP for CenterPoint Electric Utilities says it just won't be enough to get everyone their power back today, tonight or possibly even tomorrow.

The good news -- CenterPoint got power back on for a lot of people at around 4 a.m. Tuesday. We're told they focused on neighborhoods that lost power first. The bad news is CenterPoint has to shut other people's power off to balance the grid.

Those rotating outages will continue tonight.
"How are you determining which neighborhoods are going to lose power next?" we asked him.

"It's tricky because it is manual," he said. "We're looking at areas that haven't been exposed. It's a lot of driving and it's a lot of work. It will be spread out all over. We'll balance it across the entire area."


https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/16/ercot-says-they-have-no-idea-when-texas-power-outages-will-end/

" Texas' power grid operators can't predict when outages might be over, Electric Reliability Council of Texas officials said in a call with state legislators Tuesday.

The agency that oversees the state's power grid is trying to avoid a total blackout by instructing utility companies, like Oncor, to cut power to customers. Those companies decide which households get outages.

"After being pushed by lawmakers, ERCOT would only say it could be "days" before power is restored for all customers; in an email to members ERCOT said "Even if there is good progress, returning to normal conditions is going to take additional time," Ancha posted on Twitter.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said as much in an interview with WFAA on Tuesday.

"We recognize the hardships and extreme frustration customers without power face during these historical low temperatures and are ready to deliver power as soon as electric generators are able to provide it," Oncor wrote Tuesday on Twitter. "As soon as enough generation is available, we will return to a regular cadence of rotating outages with the goal of providing any temporary relief that we can for those who have been without power the longest."

Oncor spokeswoman Kerri Dunn could not elaborate Monday evening on what a "regular cadence" would look like."

Ready for the Occupy ERCOT movement.

If centerpoint's priority is getting power to people who have been out the longest, they are failing miserably. How is it that folks (like me) haven't had one minute of power in nearly 36 hours?

It's really easy to blame ercot, and they absolutely hold much of the blame, but centerpoint is responsible for not throwing me a bone at some point in the last 2 days.

BQRyno said:

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If centerpoint's priority is getting power to people who have been out the longest, they are failing miserably. How is it that folks (like me) haven't had one minute of power in nearly 36 hours?

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That's probably driven by the location of working generation resources and transmission congestion.

And get ready Griddy people, you're probably going to get a retroactive price increase:

https://www.kvue.com/amp/article/news/local/texas-ercot-power-outage-energy-demand-price-change/269-53ab63e2-8dcf-4485-8b9b-be6ad75316b4

I'm sure that's true, and I'm sure this is an oversimplification, but I'm pissed that the other half of my subdivision has power and we haven't this whole time. There had to be a way to give us some dang electricity.

I was out about 32 hours as were most of my neighbors. I read in one of the posts they were restoring power to those who had been without for awhile. I hope they will get to you soon. I thought it would be Friday before I had heat! Unfortunately a pipe burst about 10 minutes before my power was restored. Praying you will be up and running soon - I totally understand your frustration.

Edit: I now see you saw this bit of info in your post above. Sorry!

Still out here in 77009. Been out since 7pm Tuesday after only having it for 3 hours yesterday.

Anyone in the heights/Washington area or near down have low water pressure issues?

bullard21k said:

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Anyone in the heights/Washington area or near down have low water pressure issues?

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I just swung by my place thinking of clearing out lines during the warm part of the day. We had no water. Main looked fine. Attic was 44F. They might be frozen somewhere in a wall, but not the entire house.

Stude and 15 for reference in 77008. Still without power since 7P yesterday.

I'm in Woodland Heights and have low pressure. My parents are just off Washington and have no water at all.

77008 no power or water

38hrs out now in Champions- neighbors left and right reporting busted pipes in attic. I secured ours last night before going to bed and tried to drain the lines. Hoping I'm very lucky and we will have minimal damage.

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AgLaw79 said:

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77024 near Memorial and Gessner lost power around 6. We'll be reading the Good Book by candlelight this evening, just like our pioneer Texan ancestors!

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77079 apartment just lost power around 6pm yesterday. I-10 & Dairy Ashford.

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Interesting. Same zip and haven't lost power yet. Water is so low pressure it's gone at this point.

RangerRick9211 said:

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bullard21k said:

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Anyone in the heights/Washington area or near down have low water pressure issues?

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I just swung by my place thinking of clearing out lines during the warm part of the day. We had no water. Main looked fine. Attic was 44F. They might be frozen somewhere in a wall, but not the entire house.

Stude and 15 for reference in 77008. Still without power since 7P yesterday.

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If you turn main line to the house off you can still flush the toilets as long as you manually fill the tank with water correct?

BQRyno said:

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If centerpoint's priority is getting power to people who have been out the longest, they are failing miserably. How is it that folks (like me) haven't had one minute of power in nearly 36 hours?

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I'm pushing up against 39 hours. Houses in my subdivision to the immediate east, north, south, and west of me have it. But there are a few enclaves, including mine, that are on their own little island of frozen hell.

If we don't get it before dark, I think we are in for another long night.

bullard21k said:

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RangerRick9211 said:

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bullard21k said:

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Anyone in the heights/Washington area or near down have low water pressure issues?

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I just swung by my place thinking of clearing out lines during the warm part of the day. We had no water. Main looked fine. Attic was 44F. They might be frozen somewhere in a wall, but not the entire house.

Stude and 15 for reference in 77008. Still without power since 7P yesterday.

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If you turn main line to the house off you can still flush the toilets as long as you manually fill the tank with water correct?

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Correct

Yes, that will work.

What about gas water heaters? We've lost all water in Cole's and I'm concerned about them emptying and being dangerous. I don't like messing with gas

bullard21k said:

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I'm behind the HEB right there and water is completely out. Just draining the building now. Family at Heights and 20th are down to a thin trickle on the ground level only - currently draining for flushing reservoirs.

Fair warning - the train has been parked on Heights Blvd for 48 hours. Don't expect it to move...take Yale.

The dry wall on the ceiling of my parnets house and my grandparents house just caved in in the last hour. Both due to leaks in the attic. I have a feeling that with the sunshine and above freezing temperatures, a lot of people are going to be discovering leaks. My parents had electricity this whole time, my grandparents lost electricity.

My grandma just got home from like a month in the hospital with COVID end of last week. Terrible situation.

Just lost water pressure in 77019

this situation is just awful.

I know folks want to turn on their water as soon as possible...but you really someone capable of going up into the attic to check for leaks right after you open the valve

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What about gas water heaters? We've lost all water in Cole's and I'm concerned about them emptying and being dangerous. I don't like messing with gas

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Turn em off if you're worried about that. I turned mine off when I shut off the main water line to my house.

Broke down and emailed Gordy Bunch, The Woodlands Township Chairman.

He responded immediately and got in touch with Centerpoint. They thought they had all the circuits turned on. When he sent them my address, they realized they missed a few.

I just spliced in generator power to the furnace & blower. I'm back in business!! I did turn the breaker off and cap the power.

HotardAg07 said:

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The dry wall on the ceiling of my parnets house and my grandparents house just caved in in the last hour. Both due to leaks in the attic. I have a feeling that with the sunshine and above freezing temperatures, a lot of people are going to be discovering leaks. My parents had electricity this whole time, my grandparents lost electricity.

My grandma just got home from like a month in the hospital with COVID end of last week. Terrible situation.

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i forgot to say... the ceiling fell ON my grandma. She's fine, just wet/cold/etc

Channel 2 saying that ERCOT already telling CenterPoint to reduce usage again. So more are going to lose power.

I have to wonder if we may see people go to jail over this.

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77008 no power or water

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Ditto

Abbott on ch 13 Houston looking pretty pissed and nervous saying leadership of ercot must resign and it must be restructured.

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Madman said:

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77008 no power or water

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Yup. We out for now. I've had enough of this third world BS.

Supply stalled and decreased, reserves narrowed and now they're cutting customer load again. GD Groundhog Day.

Currently a tropical 35 in 77007. I have all my faucets dripping at the moment, but water pressure is weak. Slept in a sleeping bag in my bed last night and it honestly wasn't too bad. Lost power (for the second time) about 24 hours ago

yep, at one point today Centerpoint got up to 46% with power...not it's back down to 42%.

what a disaster