Outage Center

7:00 pm – TVEC crews are working to restore power after a vehicle took out a. pole north of Edgewood. No Time estimate yet but repairs are in progress. Thank you for your patience work as quickly and safely as possible.

11 a.m. – Power has been restored. 10:40 a.m. – Crews have located a large tree on the lines and are bringing in equipment to safely remove it. No restoration time estimate yet, but once the tree is safely removed they will attempt to re-energize the circuit. 10 a.m. – TVEC crews are responding to […]

6:35 p.m. – TVEC crews are responding to a large outage near Ola affecting more than 700 members. Updates regarding restoration time or cause will be made as edits to this post. Report outages at 800-967-9324.

4:35 p.m. – This outage has been restored. 3:35 p.m. – TVEC crews are responding to an outage affecting more than 1,200 members in the Payne Springs area. The circuit was on enhanced safety settings for workers in the area, and the outage appears to have been caused by an errant wire. Crews will check […]

4 p.m. – After restoring the outage, crews found a place they needed to adjust the line’s spacing for continued reliability. Power has been temporarily cut to do this, and should be back on in less than 10 minutes. 3:25 a.ma. – This outage has been restored. Contractor crews trimming trees in the area had […]

2:30 PM Outage Update: This outage has been restored. The circuit was on enhanced safety settings for workers in the area. 2:10 PM – TVEC crews are responding to a large outage affecting about 1,200 members west of Eustace, covering Payne Springs, Enchanted Oaks and areas along State HWY 198. Crews have been dispatched. Updates […]

5:30 a.m. Power has been restored after crews located and repaired a failed connection that caused the outaged. 4:30 a.m. – TVEC crews are responding to an outage affecting more than 300 members in Anderson County, northeast of Montalba and roughly along FM 315 (see outage map). Any updates regarding restoration time or cause will […]

Update: 11 a.m. – ERCOT energy supply is trending upward, and demand is down, reflecting conservation efforts. So far so good, and we will continue to monitor for any indications that rolling outages might be called for. Update: 7 a.m. – trend lines on the ERCOT energy outlook graph seem to be following the predicted […]

Outage Update: 11 p.m. Feb. 18 – Outage Restoration was completed in most areas of Anderson County today, where TVEC linemen, contractor crews and tree trimming crews worked a long day in extreme weather and icy road conditions.   Unfortunately there are three smaller outages remaining in this area. Crews will be on the job […]

Yesterday’s updates were only made in the News section of the website here … I apologize for the confusion.   As of noon, ERCOT has mandated statewide load reduction of 11,000 megawatts, an improvement of 8,500 from the height of this event, but still a long way to go before the end of rolling outages. […]

Update 4:00 p.m. – Slow but steady progress is the order of the day as some of the long-term existing outages are brought back online as ERCOT has slightly reduced the amount of electrical load that we must take out. However, adding more back is in part dependent on repair work in the field and […]

During large storms or other large outage events, new posts will be added to this section with information regarding outage restoration times or other details as they become available.