Statewide, more than 426,000 households were without electricity as of early Thursday afternoon.
“Austin Energy is working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible, but challenging conditions may slow down these efforts,” the company said in a statement. “Crews are driving onIt said it could not yet provide a timeline for when electricity would be restored.
North Texas appeared to escape the worst of the power outages. At noon Thursday, about 12,000 customers in Dallas-Fort Worth were without power, Oncor spokeswoman Kerri Dunn said.Dangerous road conditions have slowed down repairs, but emergency crews are responding as quickly and safely as possible, Dunn said.
Both state and energy officials said the outages were caused by downed power lines that buckled under ice, not a failure of the grid.crippled the state’s power system, killing more than 240 people and leaving millions without heat.
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