Gov. Abbott says Texas has power to meet demand; issues disaster declaration for North Texas

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Gov. Abbott says Texas has power to meet demand; issues disaster declaration for North Texas
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Gov. Greg Abbott said he is confident the Texas power grid will be able to keep up with the demand during the winter storm.

Gov. Greg Abbott gave an update on the state’s response to the winter storm Thursday morning. He said there is enough power to keep up with demand.Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday asserted that the state power grid will hold up even as we approach record-breaking demand Friday morning.

ERCOT says Texas will reach record demand by Friday morning. It says there’s enough energy to meet that demand and power an extra two million homes. The governor said local power providers are bringing in extra resources and crews to get any downed power lines back up. This time just as the storm rolled in Wednesday night, Silverman once again found herself without power.

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