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.
News

ERCOT Calls On Texans To Conserve Power Amid High Summer Demand, Forced Outages

Mose Buchele

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…
News

Yes, Lubbock is still joining the ERCOT power grid

Sarah Self-Walbrick

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…
Blogs

LP&L Under Public Scrutiny

By Lauren Bogle

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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