Oncor: 58,000 of its Texas customers still without power
Electric distribution company Oncor, a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corp., said that 58,000 of its consumers in southeast Texas remain without power around noon on Monday, in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Oncor said 3,000 employees are working in affected areas, primarily southeast Texas, and aim to restore power to customers by the end of this week. As of Saturday, about 108,000 homes and businesses in Oncor’s specific service area were without power. That figure has been cut in half over the last two days cashadvance.com.
According to the Public Utilities Commission, a total of 2.4 million consumers in the region lost power as a result of the devastating hurricane.
Although there were no power outages in Oncor’s Dallas-Fort Worth service area, the company says areas such as Lufkin, Nacogdoches and Tyler did take a hit.