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Texas Governor Stands Behind Power Grid as Winter Storm Arrives
State officials detailed safety measures including warming shelters, road safety, and grid readiness to mitigate local outages during the winter storm, with over 280 shelters assigned.
- On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference in Austin to outline winter-storm preparations and signed disaster declarations for 134 counties ahead of freezing temperatures expected Friday–Monday.
- Severe winter weather is approaching Texas, prompting state emergency agencies to update plans as schools and local organizations prepare for freezing temperatures and ice starting Saturday.
- State teams pre-positioned about 5,000 personnel and hundreds of vehicles statewide, assigned more than 280 warming shelters, while local power providers replaced poles and stepped up vegetation management.
- ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas and Public Utility Commission Chair Thomas Gleeson assured system readiness but warned of possible localized outages from ice and fallen trees, while Marc Williams, Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director, urged Texans to avoid dangerous road conditions.
- Gov. Greg Abbott urged preparation, saying `Bottom line is that because a storm is coming in, because we know it's coming in, we have the ability for our fellow Texans to begin preparing now`, as ERCOT highlighted added reserves and more than 30 generating facilities with onsite fuel.
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City and Government leaders speak on upcoming winter storm
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - As the winter storm approaches West Texas this weekend, leaders at both the city and government levels have delivered their messages to the public. Governor Greg Abbott expects weather conditions to worsen going into Friday and through the entire weekend. Abbott elaborated that the severity of the storm will increase, posing [...]
TX Gov Abbott issues disaster declaration for most counties with winter storm predicted
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued a disaster declaration for 134 counties in Texas ahead of a winter storm that is supposed to plunge most of the state into subfreezing temperatures for several days.
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