Rolling blackouts are possible in Lubbock, and across the South Plains and Texas Panhandle on Tuesday, due to the Southwest Power Pool having to downgrade to EEA Level 3
At one point after Wednesday's wind storm, over 136,000 Xcel Energy customers across West Texas and Eastern New Mexico lost power. According to Xcel, it was a record-setting number for any outage event on the regional electrical system.
It’s not yet clear how the employee died, or if it’s directly related to the dangerous wind storm that knocked out power to thousands of Xcel Energy customers.
Xcel Energy continues to make repairs across Crosby County after Friday night's severe thunderstorm. Xcel says power should be restored Saturday afternoon.
Xcel Energy has announced a plan to upgrade the power grids in Bailey and Lamb Counties. This is part of a larger project, known as "Power for the Plains", which is a goal to enhance all of Xcel Energy's power grids in Texas and New Mexico.