Thousands of customers were without power across the Houston area as temperatures plunged into the teens.
Entergy Texas says they are working to restore power to customers.
"Entergy Texas crews are assessing and restoring damage from strong winds and gusts that swept across Southeast Texas on December 22. At 11:30 p.m., approximately 17,680 customers were without power. The localized outages are related to windy conditions affecting main line and neighborhood circuits.
According to the company, the process to restore power is different during cold weather. They say crews have to bring customers back online one section at a time, because energizing an entire line all at once could create large, instantaneous power demands. "The instant demand is different than day-to-day operations and could be higher than the built-in protective devices on lines were designed to handle. This is done for the safety of our customers, and to avoid damaging our system or making the situation worse," Entergy Texas stated.
The company also said that certain kinds of repairs that require them to use bucket trucks can not safely be performed when winds are above 35 mph.FOX 26 Reporter Sherman Desselle spoke with officials at Lakewood Church about their warming center, and what they're offering to those who need to stay warm during as the arctic blast rolls through Houston.We have outage maps for Centerpoint and Entergy together on one page on our website.
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