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TVA warns residents of scam texts, emails on power outages

ERCOT warns Texans against scam texts falsely claiming rolling outages and urges use of official channels as over 50,000 outages occurred during recent winter weather, officials said.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority cautions residents against a scam involving fake messages about power outages.

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TVA warns residents of scam texts, emails on power outages

The Tennessee Valley Authority cautions residents against a scam involving fake messages about power outages.

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ERCOT officials warn about fake text messages as winter weather threatens the grid

Officials flag false messages circulating as freezing rain and hard freeze threaten Texas.

·Houston, United States
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ERCOT warns Texans of fake grid condition texts during winter storm

ERCOT said they do not send texts to share grid condition information. Instead, several options are available to stay up to date on the power grid.

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Scam text alert: ERCOT warns Texans of fake outage messages

Some Texans have been getting text messages claiming to be from ERCOT, saying there will be rolling power outages.

·Austin, United States
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KYTX broke the news in on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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