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LCRA officials say winter storm response kept power flowing; employees praised
Summary
LCRA staff told the board that pre-staging and 24/7 staffing limited outages during a mid-January winter storm, reporting 18 transmission outages and just over three hours of total customer outage time; wholesale power rates were unaffected, officials said.
Chair Cooper convened the board of the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) on Jan. 28, 2026, and heard a detailed operations report on the authority's response to a recent winter storm.
Phil (staff member) told directors that LCRA had prepared in advance, staging employees at critical facilities and keeping crews near remote transmission areas 24 hours a day. "We've been through a significant winter storm," he said,…
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