Lubbock Power & Light

Listen In, Lubbock: Making sense of the 2021 Texas blackout

Sarah Self-Walbrick

More than a year and a half ago, the Texas power grid failed and left millions cold, hungry and in the dark for days during a powerful winter storm. The Texas Newsroom podcast “The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout” looks at what happened and how it affected people.
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ERCOT Calls On Texans To Conserve Power Amid High Summer Demand, Forced Outages

From KUT: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has asked people to conserve energy throughout the week as the supply of electricity on the Texas grid…
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Yes, Lubbock is still joining the ERCOT power grid

Lubbock leaders are keeping a close eye on the Texas House and Senate hearings beginning Thursday about last week's winter storm that crashed the state's…
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LP&L Under Public Scrutiny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0AJFxjazw&feature=youtu.beRecently, Lubbock Power and Light has come under public scrutiny for under billing 44,000…

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