BLUEBONNET ELECTRIC: ROTATING OUTAGES EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MONDAY, POTENTIALLY INTO TUESDAY
Officials with Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative say members can continue to expect rotating power outages for several hours.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has instituted rolling outages across the state in order to reduce demand on the electric system. ERCOT says rotating outages could be in place until the current weather emergency ends.
Bluebonnet Public Affairs Manager Will Holford said members can anticipate rotating outages through today (Monday) and possibly into tomorrow (Tuesday).
Thousands of Bluebonnet members have reported a loss of power due to the weather and the outages ordered by ERCOT. Holford said the number of members at any time without power is constantly changing, but as many as 3,800 members in Washington County have reported an outage.
Holford said members who are in rotating outages will be without power for 20 to 30 minutes; outages that are 40 minutes or longer are said to be weather-related.
Bluebonnet members can report outages by calling 800-949-4414, by visiting www.bluebonnet.coop, or by using the co-op’s mobile app.
Thousands of members in the San Bernard Electric Cooperative, MidSouth Electric Co-op, College Station Utilities and Bryan Texas Utilities systems have also reported outages.
According to San Bernard Electric Cooperative, which has members in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Grimes and Waller counties, substations in Hempstead have lost power from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) transmission system. Members in and around Hempstead are affected by this outage.
I would like to commend BBE coop,I live in Lockhart,the rolling outage at my residence from early Monday thru Wednesday was off-20 m, on-1.75-2hrs,we kept our heat at 68,we stayed comfy,we dripped our water.Again thank you for your efforts & service.I understand that this was a once in a generation storm for Texas,not normal!, I sure some weaknesses have been shown & I feel confident they will be addressed & remedied with haste.Again thank you!
I guess I understand the rolling outages but why is it not being done to EVERYONE!!!! Some have never lost power!!! Definitely not equality or fair!!!!
These times are definitely hard, it is crazy how power can make you feel powerless in times like these. I have a daughter and my wife and I are students in college. Our power goes out for 2 hours at a time and when it comes on, it is only on for 30 minutes or so. Leaving the house cold, I pray that this will be over soon. I’m tired
AMEN!!
The USA has 100 years of coal in the ground, but thanks to the tree huggers it’s not running the power plants we need. It’s being shipped to China so if it pollutes it’s being burned anyway so we can buy junk at the dollar store.
All of the political posts humor me. It’s like Texas doesn’t have it’s own power grid or anything. This is Texas failing Texas!
Is it about time to switch to a different grid? Why keep doing it to the same people and others haven’t Ben they nothing. Where is equal rights at if everybody is pushing for it!!
I was coming from downtown from my shop (that I needed to check on) around 8:00 pm. After u leave the downtown area ALL the Street lights were off. Leave them ALL OFF to safe power BUT turn our lights on in our homes. We are FREEZING ! I have a friend and her son is on an OXYGEN MACHINE. DOES NOT WORK ON BATTERIES. WHAT IS SHE SUPPOSE TO DO ?? Turn them off for 20-25 mins. at the most. Some of our OLD houses don’t have very good insulation. We can’t cook
( restaurants closed) We are suppose to stay home .
Oh PS.. The street lights are back on . It’s 10:20pm.
TURN THEM OFF !!! AND OUR ELECTRICITY ON !!!
Pray we will all get through this without getting sick.
Hi BeBe. This is Jackie that had All that jazz store beside you. I agree w you totally. We live in our fifth wheel and it’s hard to keep heat in like an old House. Seems these green nut people as usual care nothing for the common folks!!!
I don’t have your number
Or email, so thought I’d say hi from one freezing gal to another.
My mom’s doesn’t even stay on for 20 mins what makes me so mad is are they even thinking about the Elderly people no cause they freaking cold get it together and turn them freaking lights on ?
This is just embarrassing. We get 10 min of power then 35 min of darkness. Texans should NEVER have to deal with this. Every politician who opposes Texas producing and using all the fossil fuels we need to prevent this should be voted out. Not a penny should be sent to another country until we have the redundancy in our systems and surplus supply here for this to NEVER happen again. Green energy? Electric vehicles? Really? We can’t even keep the lights on when it gets cold outside! This is third-world nonsense. Do you socialist democrats enjoy rushing around trying to make the most of your government rationed 10 minutes of electricity? Every politician better be ready. Your lack of focus on infrastructure here at home while playing silly games in Austin and DC have now caused real suffering for your constituents. This will NOT be forgotten. If I don’t run against you myself, I’ll do everything I can to support anyone who does. My kids are cold and scared, thank God we at least have a fireplace. The politicians have failed us, again, but this time it’s a very basic need you have failed to provide. Shameful. Just embarrassing.
I agree!
23% of the Texas power grid is based on Wind……The 50% operational wind turbines in West Texas and Waco (others down for maint – therefore all 100% down) were shutdown due to icing Sunday.
THIS is the cause of the rolling blackouts!…..Happy with the Green movement?????
Is Abbot going to reimburse everyone for wasted food due to no power not to mention during a global pandemic oh yeah real nice guys!
You think this is Gov. Abbot’s fault? How? For years, the environmental leftists have demanded that Texas shift from proven, reliable coal, natural gas, and lignite plants to unproven, unreliable wind and solar energy. The blame for this disaster in the making can be laid directly at their feet. As far as your spoiled food, the ENTIRE outdoors is a giant refrigerator right now. Put it to use.
The power doesn’t stay on long enough to heat the house. 20 to 30 minutes without power what a lie!
U tell ’em John. This is ridiculous. We are FREEZING and going to get sick. They’ll said “she had Covid ” went I get Pneumonia and croke.
Bebe
Bluebonnet should have been prepared for this where our power is not on a rotation schedule. People are freezing and how is anyone supposed to cook when there is no power or lights. Complete failure.
Exactly. I went 2-3 hours without any electricity. A cold house with no way to cook for my 4 kids. I have to rush in the little bit of time we have electricity to cook my kids a meal. Maybe the first couple of times it was 20-30 minutes. Now it’s hours at a time without power.
Agreed to a lot of this. We had spurts on 10-20 minutes on and then maybe 30-40 min off. We couldn’t even keep just one room warm. With kids in the house, and all power around me the same way, we had to get out in these horrible roads and it took a 3 hour trip to get to Austin from the Bastrop area just to get to the ONLY PLACE WE KNEW. It’s so sad and scary.
Stop lying!! The rolled outages are lasting hours!! Timing them out and have enough common sense to know these are CONTROLLED. I have yet to see a 20-30 min controlled power outage since 3 am!!!
Someone needs to check on the residents of Kruse Village. They are freezing and have been told there are no more blankets. Why is their section of Brenham on rotating blackouts while others have not had one. If it’s rotating, it’s time to move to another section. Our seniors need help and they need it now! Prayers they survive the night.
OMG! What is wrong with these people? Did they not think about how the elderly would be affected?
This is absolutely ridiculous. I just got over covid-19. It’s freezing in my house; what about the elderly . People work from home. Shame on you. My light been going off and on since Monday . You guys should have been prepared. Who gives you the right to rotate our lights. When it’s 40 degrees in our home
I agree 100% and why are facilities being shut off, especially nursing homes and senior living. It’s not like they have not all already had to endure enough with Covid isolation! My mom resides there and bless their hearts all of them !! Prayers to everyone without power and do not have warm shelter in this weather !!!
My parents are on San Bernard electric and have not lost power at all. We are on bluebonnet and get about 20 minutes on and then an hour off.
Instead of Biden worrying about solar and wind plants. Texas needs to build more gas electric plants. Screw global warming I could use some heat right now
Are those of us in Waller county near Hempstead off Austin Branch road are we on a rotating outage or are we just out of luck until no one knows when?
We get power for an hour every 3 hours. Two hours off and an hour on. I am sure it is rolling blackouts, though, because it happens almost exactly on the hour when it comes on or shuts off.
Well Alan….do u live in Brenham? I’,m next door to Kruse. My rolling is @10-15 mins & @45 off. If we’re lucky. My waters also out…I didn’t know to keep faucets open slightly…now pipes in garage are frozen. Costly lesson learned…even in my golden years. I’m praying the pipes don’t burst. I’m originally from back east.,..our homes were insulated diffently to handle freezing temps. Oh well, live & learn they say. My family in Bellville has power completly back on line. But, their electric coop is different.
I would love 1 hour on & 3 off like yours…your lucky, in a way
Guess I will send all of my bills to bluebonnet for all my pipes breaks and well trouble
I imagine shutting off my heaters for 30 minutes every hour makes it more costly to heat my house. Also impossible to keep reasonable temps in my green house. I’ve already lost a couple hundred dollars in rare plants.