A message from Dan Laws CEO of Rio Grande Electric:
“To all of our members in Brewster County: Accumulations of ice on the transmission line that serves the county have become significant enough that the poles and line have begun to fall. At this point it looks like there are thirty poles on the ground. The cascade effect began when truck hit the line on highway 67, just north of US 90. The line was hanging low due the accumulation of ice. When the truck snagged the line it started a domino effect and pole after pole began to fall.
The upshot of this event is that power will not likely be restored until Monday or Tuesday of next week. We will do everything humanly possible to shorten that time frame, but conditions are bad. Once the temperatures warm then we will have mud to contend with.”
AEP Texas reports 949 customers out of 4643 in the Alpine area are without power. In Marathon AEP reports 439 out of 442 customers are without power.
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