City of McKinney Residents Being Asked to Conserve Water

McKinney, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – The City of McKinney is asking customers conserve water, as the city’s water supplier  – the North Texas Municipal Water District is experiencing higher than normal demands for the winter season. A typical daily demand in winter is 21 million gallons per day for the city. Ysterday, the demand was 39…MORE

Area Hotels Are At Capacity as North Texans Seek a Warm Place to Stay

Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – North Texas hotels filled up with local residents as power remains out for hundreds of thousands during record-low temperatures. It took some residents across the metroplex two days before they could find a hotel with availability. “We had to sleep in our car part of the time, and in the apartment…MORE

Texans Are Angry with Grid Management

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Anger over Texas’ power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze is mounting. More than 4 million customers in the energy capital of the U.S. woke up Tuesday still without power. The outages follow unusually heavy snowfall and single-digit temperatures in Texas that created a surge in demand…MORE

Texas Deploys Additional Resources Amid Winter Storm

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – The State of Texas has deployed maximum resources to local officials throughout the state to respond to severe winter weather and to restore power to our communities. State agencies are sending resources and personnel to help local officials clear roadways and to assist essential workers, such as healthcare professionals and power grid…MORE

Fort Worth Opens Shelter, Warming Stations for Residents Without Power

FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF)- The City of Fort Worth has opened additional warming shelters for residents without power. The Fort Worth Convention Center is available 24/7 until Thursday at noon. Anyone needing the shelter will need to self-transport to the Convention Center and enter through the Houston Street entrance. The location is 1201 Houston St, Fort…MORE

Governor Abbott: “The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been anything but reliable”

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday declared the reform of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas an emergency item this legislative session. According to the Governor, by declaring the item an emergency, he is calling on the legislature to investigate ERCOT and ensure Texans never again experience power outages on the scale they have…MORE

Fort Worth Boil Water Notice Expanded to Hundreds of Thousands of Residents

FORT WORTH  (WBAP/KLIF News) – The City of Fort Worth expanded a boil water order early Tuesday morning. The scope jumped from about 100,000 homes Monday night to almost 212,000 homes. It affects nine cities that buy drinking water from the city to include: Haslet, Keller, Lake Worth, Northlake, Roanoke, Saginaw, Trophy Club and Westlake.…MORE

Oncor Says Extended Power Outages Will Continue Per ERCOT Directives

Due to ongoing record-low temperatures and generation, ERCOT has continued to direct Oncor and utilities across the state to drop power load through maintained controlled outages. These controlled outages are occurring across the state and the entire Oncor service territory. Oncor was able to rotate some outages overnight, but poor grid conditions have continued to…MORE

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