For Austin Energy leaders and City Manager Spencer Cronk, Tuesday's briefing was an additional chance to update those on day seven without power, as well as offer up an apology.
"I offer my heartfelt apologies for any shortcomings in our response," said Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk."We fell short, and it's not the first time," said Leslie Pool, District 7.Last month, Texas power grid regulators adopted a new energy market redesign despite a warning from State Sen. Charles Schwertner.
So far, Austin Energy has restored power to over 348,000 customers as a result of that ice hurricane. Currently, under 2% of the city is still without power and there are 1,000 crew members working on those remaining outages.
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