CEDAR PARK, Texas — As of just after 1 p.m. Friday, 26 Austin Energy customers were being affected by power outages after a winter storm swept through Central Texas.
According to Austin Energy's outage map, the agency is monitoring three outages. Around 99.99% of Austin Energy's customers had power. Crews are responding to downed lines, tree limbs on wires and burned-out jumpers.
Meanwhile, Pedernales Electric Co-op (PEC) reported nine outages affecting 2,834 meters as of 1 p.m., according to its outage map. PEC reported that 99.226% of its customers still had power overnight Thursday.
A spokesperson with Austin Energy said outages in West Austin on Feb. 3 were "unrelated" and several outages were due to icy trees on power lines and another due to a faulty transformer. The utility provider said the outages are localized and due to weather, not any load shed events.
Localized outages are expected to fluctuate as the winter storm moves through the area, with ice accumulations and tree limbs potentially damaging power lines.
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