DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF)- Oncor has secured mutual assistance resources from across ten states to support power restoration efforts after the winter storm.
Approximately 1,500 utility workers supporting the effort include personnel from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. If ice accumulates, it will pose the greatest possible impact to electric delivery service. These accumulations can weigh down tree limbs, causing them to significantly sag or break onto power lines, and create dangerous road conditions.
Responding personnel are trained to safely and efficiently work in freezing temperatures and restoration efforts will take place in 16 hour shifts, 24 hours a day, so long as weather conditions allow. Oncor resources and personnel are being pre-positioned ahead of the severe weather arrival to ensure any necessaryrestoration work can begin as soon as safely possible.
Mutual assistance personnel will also be pre-positioned where greatest impacts are expected upon their arrival.Oncor maintains mutual assistance partnerships with private and public utilities throughout Texas and across the country to prepare for and respond to major outage and severe weather events, including ice storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and more. Additional Resources·
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