Lubbock Power & Light

At around 6 p.m. on Monday, February 15th, Southwest Power Pool, the transmission grid supplying Lubbock Power & Light's electric grid, returned to Energy Emergency Level 2.

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.

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.

Two people were seriously injured in a rollover crash that happened on Monday, June 22nd in Lubbock.

Starting Wednesday night, May 27th, Lubbock Power & Light will work to complete a utility line construction project crossing North Loop 289 near Yellow House Canyon Park.

About 5,000 homes across the city of Lubbock lost power due to damage caused by a thunderstorm and hail storm on Wednesday, May 20th.

Lubbock Power & Light is lowering the power cost recovery factor portion of the electric rate for the summer of 2020.

In response to concerns over coronavirus, City of Lubbock Utilities will be suspending electric and water disconnections due to late payments.

The Wadsworth to Farmland 345kV electrical transmission line is a required component for Lubbock Power & Light to connect to the ERCOT grid, and facilitate LP&L joining ERCOT in 2021

Thousands of Lubbock Power & Light customers were affected by an outage in Southwest Lubbock on Thursday, December 5th.