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Winter storm blackouts plagued Texas in 2011, too.
Failing power plants, rolling blackouts, and a spike in demand as Texas is hijacked by a harsh February winter snowstorm – this was the scenario exactly a decade ago as blackouts rolled through Texas.
A post-mortem at the time – including a key finding that state officials recommended but did not mandate winter protections for generating facilities – has renewed relevance as Texas is roiled by a record store that has left millions without power for at least three days amid plunging temperatures.
A combination of those 2011 findings, as well as reports from the state grid operators that generators and natural gas pipelines froze during the current calamity and Austin American-Statesman interviews with current and former utility executives and energy experts, suggest a light regulatory touch and cavalier operator approach involving winter protections of key industrial assets.
“You could take out ‘2011’ and pop in ‘2021,’ and there is going to be a lot of similarities” between the deficiencies in the grid found in the report 10 years ago and those plaguing it now, said Dave Tuttle, an Energy Institute research associate at the University of Texas.
Had the recommendations been followed, either voluntarily by power generators and transmission companies or because of mandates by regulators, many Texans likely would be a lot warmer now, Tuttle said.
“It’s not like the technology isn’t there” to keep electricity flowing during extremely low temperatures, he said. “There are people who live in a lot colder climates than we do” without losing power.
Source: www.usatoday.com
Power outages, storms slow vaccine rollout at 2k sites
Power outages amid ongoing winter storms have affected more than 2,000 COVID-19 vaccination sites, slowing the pace of administering doses, U.S. health officials said Friday.
More than a third of U.S. states have reported shipment delays. Government vaccine distribution partners “have all faced challenges as workers have been snowed in and unable to get to work to package and ship the vaccines,” said Andy Slavitt, White House senior adviser for COVID-19 response.
Some vaccines were sitting “safe and sound” in factories and hubs, and approximately 1.4 million doses were being transported Friday, Slavitt said. UPS and FedEx will be making Saturday deliveries, and all backlogged doses would be delivered “within the next week,” he said.
“We will be able to catch up, but we understand this will mean asking more of people,” Slavitt said. “If we all work together, from the factory all the way to vaccinators, we will make up for it in the coming week.”
Meanwhile, Slavitt announced the U.S. plans to open five more community vaccination centers, including one in Philadelphia, and four in Florida, in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa.
Source: www.usatoday.com
President Joe Biden planning trip to storm-ravaged Texas
President Joe Biden said Friday he plans to visit Texas next week following the state’s brutal winter storm that left millions without power but will only go when he determines his presence won’t be a “burden.”
“The answer is yes,” Biden said of a visit to Texas, adding his plan originally was to go in the middle of next week. “But I don’t want to be a burden. When the president lands in a city in America it has a long tail.”
The president said he will make the trip when he decides he won’t get in the way of the state’s recovery. A decision on a date is likely to come early next week, he said.
Biden, who this week approved a federal emergency declaration for Texas, did not say where in Texas he might visit. He said he plans to sign a major disaster declaration for Texas as well.
“As I said when I ran, I’m going to be a president for all America – all,” Biden said, seemingly a reference to the Republican leanings and leadership in Texas. “There’s no red or blue. It’s all about the commitment the American people make to one another.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki this week pointed to the expansive “footprint” and resources required of a presidential trip when asked if Biden was planning to go to Texas.
Biden spoke to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday night. According to a readout of the call from the White House, Biden expressed “his support to the people of Texas in this trying time” and reiterated “the federal government will continue to work hand-in-hand with state and local authorities in Texas.”
Biden made his first official presidential trip outside of Washington, D.C., Delaware or the Camp David presidential retreat Tuesday, going to Milwaukee for a town hall hosted by CNN. He’s making his second trip Friday to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he will visit a Pfizer manufacturing plant.
Source: www.usatoday.com
One more Hard Freeze Warning tonight
Sunny skies will give us welcome temps in the 40s this afternoon. But there’s one more night of Arctic cold on the way.
A Hard Freeze Warning has been issued for areas northwest of Houston for Friday night through Saturday morning. This means pipes are in jeopardy of freezing up and bursting again.
This weekend, expect highs in the upper 50s on Saturday, and temperatures will climb even higher during the day on Sunday to the mid to upper 60s ahead of a weak cold front. That front may bring some moisture to the region, especially along the coast as it moves out by Monday.
How much longer will we have to endure freezing temperatures?
After Friday night’s hard freeze, temperatures will dip until the 20s again overnight, but Sunday should be the first morning in several days that temps won’t drop to below freezing.
When will the sunshine return?
Widespread sunshine returns Friday, but the sky will cloud back over this weekend as warm, moist air moves over the cold-shelf waters. Sea fog is likely to return as early as Saturday night. That weak cold front arriving Sunday night will push away the sea fog. This will bring back abundant sunshine Monday and Tuesday. More clouds and sea fog will return Wednesday of next week.
Source: abc13.com
Texas power grid comes off highest emergency conditions, ERCOT says
Texas’ electric grid manager took a step back Friday on its emergency alerts, moving from an “energy emergency alert 3” (EEA3) to a level 2 around 9 a.m., then again to a level 1 at 10 a.m., a move that signals an improvement in the health of the state’s power infrastructure.
Level 3 alerts, the highest on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) scale, are when rolling outages are triggered. A level 2 keeps large industrial users offline. Level 1, the lowest level, triggers conservation efforts. The EEA3 was triggered early Sunday morning due to a surge in demand during historic winter weather conditions. It’s the longest period of time the state’s grid operator has been in a critical state.
The last time was 2011 when the EEA3 lasted for just a day.
ERCOT reported a system capacity Friday of more than 64,000 megawatts, a little more than 10,000 megawatts more than the current demand. One megawatt of electricity can power around 200 homes during periods of peak demand.
ERCOT CEO and President Bill Magness and Senior Director of System Operations Dan Woodfin said operations have returned to normal, though conservation is still encouraged.
According to poweroutage.us, more than 190,000 customers were still without electricity Friday morning in the state. The largest impacts were along a line from Temple, in central Texas, eastward to the Louisiana border, including the Lufkin and Nacogdoches area. In west-central Texas, the Fredericksburg area reported just under half of Gillespie County’s 15,400 customers were still in the dark. In Edwards County, northwest of San Antonio, 53% of the service area was still without power.
The outlook was more promising in the Houston area. CenterPoint Energy reported just under 6,500 customers had no power Friday morning, representing .25% of the total served. Entergy reported just under more than 3,800 customers were without power.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that the remaining power outages were not due to a lack of generation like earlier in the week. Instead, the outages were because of other issues like downed lines.
“Every available repair truck has been dispatched to repair those downed power lines,” said Abbott.
CenterPoint Energy officials said Thursday crews restored approximately 1.3 million customers in a 24-hour period.
Magness and Woodfin faced another day of questioning after the ongoing power outage debacle left thousands in desperate situations.
ERCOT’s leaders were asked about whether they would be winterizing the power grid, but according to them, that’s not their responsibility.
“We don’t own the generation units,” Magness said. “We don’t own the transmission. We’re really just managing the overall transmission system and dispatching, putting generators on and off the grid.”
He added that winterization will need to be undertaken by the entities who own the physical assets out in the field.
“We’re willing to work and help and make sure those are effective and happy to help with any of the industry on that,” Magness continued. “But it’s not really our role to do winterization.”
The Texas Public Utility Commission issued an order Wednesday mandating that all-electric transmission and distribution utilities perform rolling blackouts in a manner that no customer is without power for more than 12 hours. It’s unclear if the order would be effective though, as utility providers were not able to keep up with the demand for electricity this week.
Source: abc13.com
President Biden speaks with Gov. Abbott about winter storms
HOUSTON – President Joe Biden spoke with Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday evening regarding the severe weather storms impacting Texas, according to a press release from the White House.
Biden said the federal government will continue to work with state and local authorities to provide relief and address the critical needs of residents. Earlier this week, the government sent generators, bottled water, and other resources to Texas.
He also shared his plans to instruct federal agencies to look into any immediate steps that could be taken to support Texans at this time, per the release.
Source: www.click2houston.com
Houston water pressure likely to be stabilized Friday
A boil water notice in Houston will likely be lifted Monday, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced during a briefing Thursday.
“We’re still looking at some times, probably at the best I would say Sunday, but I’m just going to say Monday,” Turner said. “So we will still be in this boil water status probably until about Sunday or Monday.”
Houston residents Wednesday were warned to boil their water — if they had the power to do so– after water pressure plummeted throughout the Houston-area. Residents are advised to use bottled or boiled water for drinking, cooking and hygiene purposes like brushing your teeth or washing your face until the notice is lifted.
Since Wednesday, water pressure has improved across Houston, said Mayor Sylvester Turner, though the city’s public works department is still working to build up and stabilize it.
“It takes some time to really stabilize it and then once it has stabilized and it’s above 20 in terms of the pressure — it needs to be right around 35, really — and we don’t anticipate that taking place until tomorrow,” said Turner.
City officials urged residents to continue conserving water.
“If the water pressure is up in your home, for example, don’t just go out and start washing a lot of clothes and all of that because we still need to enhance water pressure and to build it up and then to stabilize it,” said Turner.
During the briefing, Turner also announced that water distribution sites will open in each of the city council’s districts around 2 p.m. today. He tasked each council member with designating those sites. Not sure which district you live in? View a map of the city’s council districts here.
“We want to do it this way because we don’t want people to be converging on just one or two sites,” said Mayor Turner. “We want to establish sites throughout the City that will be accessible through a lot of individuals.”
One of the designated sites was the Jewish Community Center in southwest Houston. The JCC was given 84 cases of water and ran out in about 30 minutes.
According to the public works department, the city’s water pressure dropped below the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) required minimum of 20 PSI on Tuesday afternoon, prompting the water boil notice.
A combination of bursting pipes and equipment failures at water distribution facilities amid the freezing weather caused the plummeting water pressure, said Carol Haddock, director of public works.
Turner announced a fund will be created to assist those recovering from infrastructure damage related to the freeze. Turner also said CenterPoint Energy’s Chief Executive Officer David J. Lesar had agreed to serve as the fund’s chair.
After water pressure returns to normal levels, a 24-hour observation period on water samples must occur before the boil water notice can be lifted.
Dozens of nearby municipalities, including the Pearland, Katy, and Sugarland areas have also issued boil water notices.
Source: www.click2houston.com
PREMIO LO NUESTRO 2021
The 33rd edition of “Premio Lo Nuestro” kicked off with exciting news. Guinness World Records awarded the show for being the longest-running Latin music award in the world. Established by Univision in 1989, “Premio Lo Nuestro” recognizes the most talented Latin music performers.
This year, and following all security measures and in full compliance with local authorities and public health recommendations, the ultimate platform to showcase the best of Latin music and culture included special tributes and moments to continue uniting and highlighting our community through music, culture, and hope.
Taking place at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida, the show started with “Noche de Estrellas,” a pre-show that includes the famous magenta carpet. Singers Alejandra Guzmán, Yuri, and Lila Downs opened the show by honoring late singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero
Followed by Maluma, who performed for the first time his songs “Agua de Jamaica,” and “La Burbuja” from his new visual album, #7DJ (7 Días En Jamaica).
Hosts Chiquinquirá Delgado, Jose Ron, and Yuri welcomed the audience and introduced Gabriel Soto and Irina Baeva, who revealed the night’s first award winner.
The star-studded lineup of performers continued with Jessi Uribe and Joss Favela singing “El Alumno.” The show also paid tribute to late music star and creator of La Fania, Johnny Pacheco. The “Caballero de la Salsa” Gilberto Santa Rosa united his voice to fellow salsa singer Jose Alberto “El Canario,” alongside renowned music producer Sergio George and flutist Néstor Torres. The artists performed “Quitate Tu,” “Mi Gente,” “Los Compadres,” and “Guaguanco Pa’l Que Sabe.”
Puerto Rican urban music stars Zion & Lennox brought the heat to the “Premio lo Nuestro,” singing their newest hit, “Gota Gota,” featuring Dominican Dembow recording artist and composer El Alfa.
Chesca and Grupo Firme blessed the audience with “El Cambio,” a Spanish language interpretation of “The Change” initially performed by superstar JoJo. Chesca’s arrangement was chosen to be used in a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020 campaign video.
Latin American boy band CNCO gave us “Déjà Vu.” Joel Pimentel, Richard Camacho, Erick Brian Colón, Christopher Vélez, and Zabdiel De Jesús, performed “Dejaría Todo”, a cover of Puerto Rican singer, Chayanne; “Solo por un beso,” originally released by Aventura, followed by “Entra en Mi Vida,” Sin Bandera’s first single.
Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter Ricardo Montaner surprised the audience by joining CNCO to sing “Tan Enamorados.”
The show continued awarding Maluma; later, Natti Natasha confirmed pregnancy rumors while singing “Antes que salga el sol,” featuring Prince Royce.
Gloria Trevi received the Premio a la Trayectoria to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her album, Tu Angel de la Guarda, and her iconic and hit song “Pelo Suelto.” The Mexican singer performed “Todos me Miran,” “Grande,” and “Gloria” alongside Ivy Queen.
El Alfa took the stage one more time to sing with Camilo their new song, “BEBÉ.”
Luis Fonsi and Rauw Alejandro performed “Vacío,” a new spin on the classic “A Puro Dolor” by Son By Four. After announcing Paulina Rubio and Raymix as the winners of “Mejor Canción de Cumbia del Año,” for their hit “Tú Y Yo,” Maluma and Carlos Rivera took the stage of “Premio lo Nuestro” to sing the heartfelt song “100 Años.”
Dominican singer Natti Natasha and Romeo Santos won the best “Canción Tropical del Año,” for their remix of “La Mejor Versión de Mí.” Later Wisin made us dance, singing his best tracks alongside Jhay Cortez, Rauw Alejandro, and Zion & Lennox. Colombian singer Carlos Vives also joined the Puerto Rican reggaeton rapper, singer, and record producer, to sing “Nota de Amor.” After the performance, Wisin received the “Premio a la Excelencia” for his achievements in music. The star thanked Daddy Yankee, Luny Tunes and dedicated the award to Puerto Rico and his fans.
Historic moments continued at “Premio lo Nuestro.” Daddy Yankee and Marc Anthony performed traditional salsa track “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” with a touch of reggaetón.
Paulina Rubio introduced Mexican musical group Los Ángeles Azules, Chiquis Rivera, Kinky, and Gloria Trevi. The stars played their traditional cumbia sonidera.
Vice-President Kamala Harris sent a message to the Hispanic and Latinx community and congratulated all the winners. Justin Quiles later performed “Jeans” and “PAM,” and La India and Victor Manuelle joined their voices to sing their new salsa single “Víctimas las dos.”
The night continued with Selena Gomez and Rauw Alejandro releasing a new video for “Baila Conmigo.”
Anuel AA and Ozuna were among the last performers of the night. The 33rd edition of “Premio Lo Nuestro” ended awarding Camilo as “Artista del año-pop.”
Source: us.hola.com
HCPH| Harris County Public Health to Resume Modified Testing and Vaccination Operations Friday, Normal Operations on Saturday and Sunday
Houston – Harris County Public Health will resume limited COVID-19 testing and vaccine operations on Friday, February 19th. For a full list of details and best practices for residents, please see the information below.
Testing:
M.O. Campbell, San Jacinto Central, and Lonestar College Cypress Center sites will reopen Friday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. We will also have COVID-19 testing availability Saturday and Sunday. Due to inclement weather conditions, all HCPH mobile testing sites will stay closed for the remainder of this week. We anticipate all testing operations will reopen and go back to normal starting Monday, February 22nd.
If you were signed up for testing earlier this week, you will need to sign up for a new appointment time and day. To sign up for free COVID-19 testing through HCPH, please visit covidcheck.hctx.net or call 832-927-7575.
Vaccinations:
COVID-19 2nd dose vaccinations will take place on Friday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. If you were scheduled for your second dose on Friday, please arrive at your scheduled time for vaccination – all morning appointments were moved to a 12:00 PM start. We will resume normal COVID-19 vaccination operations on Saturday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM which will include both 1st and 2nd dose vaccination scheduled appointments.
Individuals who had their appointments canceled due to vaccination site closures should have received a notification of the cancellation due to weather conditions and a phone call to reschedule the appointment if an appointment was available for Saturday. All others that were canceled and not given a new appointment for Saturday will be prioritized for a makeup appointment next week once HCPH receives the additional vaccine.
All scheduled appointments will be honored. For those who are due for their second dose appointment and have not been contacted yet, HCPH will contact you through email or text to schedule that appointment next week.
If you do not receive a notification mid-next week, please contact 832-927-8787. Please note-based on CDC guidance, being delayed in receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine does not impact the vaccine’s overall effectiveness.
To sign up for free COVID-19 vaccinations through HCPH, please visit vacstrac.hctx.net/landing or call 832-927-8787. Harris County Public Health is still vaccinating individuals in Groups 1A and 1B. For full definitions of these categories and additional information regarding vaccines, please visit hcphtx.org.