ERCOT

Starting on May 29th, LP&L crews will begin making the change over to the ERCOT power grid. Here's what to expect as that takes place.

The EUB meeting will be held Tuesday, March 30 at City Council Chambers inside Citizens Tower; 1314 Avenue K in downtown Lubbock

The Texas Tribune confirmed that at least 57 people died in Texas as a result of the winter storm that ripped through our state last month.

Mike Toombs said he received a bill from Lubbock Power & Lights for $52,000, seemingly related to water usage.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas isn't interested in turning over records that could lead to answers to why Texas experienced its winter weather disaster.

The historic cold snap effectively halted oil production in Texas when 11 refineries lost power or had equipment that was too frozen to function effectively.

Why would you get on a horse with a broken leg?

The Electric Reliability Council Of Texas is going to have to have some answers for what happened last week throughout the state of Texas.

It was announced on Friday, February 19th that Lubbock Power & Light was still on track to move from the Southwest Power Pool to ERCOT despite outages related to severe winter weather.

Lubbock Power & Light, South Plains Electric Co-op, and Lyntegar Electric Cooperative all operate in the Southwest Power Pool. They will have to implement rolling blackouts some point Monday afternoon due to record electrical demand.

Lyntegar Electric Co-op, South Plains Electric Co-op, and AEP Texas have had to implement rolling blackouts at ERCOT's directive. Both ERCOT and SPP are urging people to conserve electricity over the next two days

Just before 9am Saturday, ERCOT's reserve electrical capacity was just 89 megawatts. ERCOT electricity usage may set a winter record this weekend due to a 5-day long stretch of extremely low temps across the state.