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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> media reports from the last few days were scheduled rolling blackouts >> >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:12 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> 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. <[email protected]> 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 < >>>> [email protected]> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> AF mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >
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