Dallas city officials stated Thursday evening it could take into the weekend for Oncor to complete repairs.
The company’s outage map showed Thursday evening showed a majority of the outages were in Dallas County.
A worker with Sumter Utilities works on a power line on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Dallas’s Casa View neighborhood.About 90,000 Oncor customers in North Texas did not have power Thursday evening as the company expects electricity in Dallas to be restored by Friday or Saturday after, about 80,000 customers in Dallas County were without power a little before 10 p.m.
, bringing rain Thursday. Additional precipitation is likely to hit the metro area Friday before 1 p.m., according to officials with the National Weather Service’s office in Fort Worth. With Dallas ISD, the city of Dallas is sponsoring a multi-agency resource center at Truett Elementary, 1810 Inadale Ave., to provide recovery services to residents impacted by Tuesday’s storms. The center will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.Thursday, city officials wrote that Oncor reports around 66,000 customers in the city of Dallas are still without power.
Grant Cruise, a spokesperson for Oncor, previously said a portion of the extended outages were a result of downed power lines that needed to be completely rebuilt rather than undergo simple repairs., Staff, Reporter. Zaeem Shaikh is a reporter covering breaking news for The Dallas Morning News. He grew up in Fresno, California, and graduated from Fresno State University in 2022. Before joining The News, he has reported for The Sacramento Bee, CalMatters and the Oregonian.
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