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10/26/2018
AEP Texas has rescheduled activities to upgrade a 69-kilovolt electric transmission line from the College Hills area to the Grape Creek area in San Angelo. Work originally scheduled to begin Oct. 18 was postponed due to weather. The work is now scheduled to begin Friday, Oct. 26, weather permitting, and is likely to entail some traffic disruptions in the Sunset Drive, Sherwood Way, the entrance to West Houston Harte Expressway and Houston Harte Frontage Road North.
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10/3/2018
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) - AEP Texas has scheduled a temporary outage beginning on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 1 a.m. for customers at the intersection of Staples St. and South Padre Island Drive (S.P.I.D.). The outage should conclude within four hours, if not sooner. The outage will affect the traffic lights at this intersection.
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9/14/2018
As heavy rains begin to approach the Texas coast, AEP Texas crews are standing ready across south Texas to safely respond to any outages. Heavy rains and winds currently are expected to reach several cities in the AEP Texas service territory by Friday afternoon.
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9/13/2018
AEP Texas continues to closely monitor the weather activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Crews remain on standby this weekend to safely respond to any outages across south Texas. We expect heavy rainfall, winds and flooding in some areas of south Texas.
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8/8/2018
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX., August 8, 2018 - AEP Texas on Tuesday submitted a request to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) seeking a determination that $415 million in its transmission-and-distribution-related system restoration costs associated with Hurricane Harvey and earlier weather events were reasonable and necessary and eligible for recovery. The $415 million includes approximately $36 million in certain system restoration costs from earlier weather events.
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8/3/2018
A distribution pole in the City of Natalia fell around 5:15 p.m. crashing through the roof of the local post office. A fire followed, which destroyed the interior of the building. The incident also resulted in an outage leaving approximately 600 residents without power until 7:50 p.m.
The cause of the incident is under investigation. There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident. Crews at the scene estimated the height of the pole to be 40 feet with a transformer mounted and connected to a 12-kV line serving the post office.
Crews are removing all electrical equipment at the location to be transported to the AEP Texas service center at Pearsall for further examination to confirm the cause.
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7/4/2018
MARATHON, Texas, July 4, 2018 - A downed power line and cross arm are believed to be the cause of the outage that left approximately 480 Marathon customers without power today at 5:21 p.m. If this is the only issue, repairs and restoration of service is anticipated to be completed by 8:30 p.m., if not sooner.
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7/4/2018
MARATHON, Texas, July 4, 2018 - AEP Texas crews restored power to approximately 480 Marathon residents Wednesday at 9:01 p.m. following an outage that began at 5:21.
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7/4/2018
MARATHON, Texas, July 4, 2018 - A power outage associated with the replacement mobile substation installed and connected Tuesday evening has left approximately 480 Marathon residents without power. The outage occurred at 5:21 p.m. when a breaker at substation opened.
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7/3/2018
MARATHON, Texas, July 3, 2018 - AEP Texas crews restored power at 9:10 p.m. to the approximately 480 customers in the Marathon area who lost power early Tuesday morning. Although a lightning storm stopped work for about an hour and a half, crews were able to install and connect a replacement mobile substation that arrived in Alpine around 3:45 p.m.
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7/3/2018
MARATHON, Texas, July 3, 2018 - Efforts to repair the mobile substation serving Marathon were unsuccessful. A mobile substation from Abilene arrived around 3:30 p.m. Making the appropriate connections and testing the equipment is expected to take several hours. Consequently, the new estimated time of restoration is projected for 9 p.m., if not sooner.
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7/3/2018
Approximately 480 customers in the Marathon area have been without power since 3:30 a.m. AEP Texas is working to correct a problem with the mobile substation at Alpine, which is currently serving the Marathon area as long-term infrastructure improvements continue. Internal power to the mobile substation failed, rendering pumps and cooling fans inoperable.
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6/21/2018
(PHARR, TX - June 21, 2018) AEP Texas crews were able to reduce the number of weather-related outages significantly on Thursday. As of 4:30 p.m. approximately 410 customers remained without power as compared to approximately 1,700 at 11:30 a.m. The highest concentration of outages was in Weslaco and Edinburg.
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6/21/2018
A wave of storms that moved across south Texas this week caused major flooding and power outages in the Rio Grande Valley. The severe weather conditions continue to be an issue for AEP Texas service crews in the Rio Grande Valley District working to restore power.
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5/30/2018
Over the past few days, AEP Texas has received reports in Abilene and other areas that scammers are contacting residents threatening to disconnect their electric service unless an immediate payment is made. Also, there have been periodic reports of individuals going door-to-door, asking to read the customer's electricity meter and then attempting to make a "low-cost offer for AEP power".
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5/17/2018
An equipment failure at the Laredo Plant Station tripped off line around 3:45 p.m. today, leaving approximately 3,400 customers without power. Crews have been dispatched to the site to address the issue.
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5/17/2018
Two AEP Texas transmission lines in far west Texas tripped off line around 4:30 p.m. resulting in loss of electric service for approximately 12,500 customers in the in Alpine, Marathon, Presidio, Valentine, Fort Davis, Balmorhea and Marfa areas, as well as service to some connections to Rio Grande Electric Cooperative.
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5/2/2018
AEP Texas has awarded $35,250 in grants to robotics teams across the AEP Texas service territory as part of the AEP FIRST, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League robotics program.
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3/29/2018
AEP Texas continues to work to restore electricity to customers after a line of storms in the Coastal Bend area early Thursday left 8,350 customers without power. As of 4:45 p.m., power has been restored to 8,000 customers - or 95% of customers affected.
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3/29/2018
AEP Texas crews continue to work to restore electricity after a fast-moving line of spring storms that brought rain, hail and heavy winds to the Coastal Bend area early Thursday morning left 8,350 customers without power.
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3/28/2018
AEP Texas is making preparations for severe thunderstorms, strong winds and frequent lightning that are forecast to occur later this evening throughout the company's Central Division.
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3/26/2018
AEP Texas has begun work to connect electrical circuits for the new Las Cruces Substation, which is under construction in the Mines Road area west of IH35.
In order to safely proceed with some of the initial steps, AEP Texas has scheduled an outage for Laredo consumers on Flecha Lane and some residential customers in the Dellwood subdivision on the west side of Mines Road, as well as all customers on Las Cruces Dr. east of Mines Road to the railroad tracks. The number of customers impacted by the outage is estimated to total 100. The outage will begin at 11 p.m. on Monday, March 26 and could extend until Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. although the activities may conclude earlier.
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3/7/2018
(March 7, 2018) -- National Consumer Protection Week kicks off this week, and Utilities United Against Scams is continuing its efforts to remind customers of the tricks scammers use to steal money from customers and to educate them on how they can guard against falling victim to imposter utility scams.
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2/21/2018
AEP Texas has announced the appointment of Leigh Anne Strahler as vice president of Regulatory and Finance. Strahler will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Ron Ford.
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1/18/2018
As of 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning, approximately 60 customers remained without power in the Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi District as a result of the current winter storm. This number compares with 20,500 at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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1/17/2018
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, approximately 1,500 customers remained without power as a result of the current winter storm. This number compares with 20,500 at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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1/17/2018
As of 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, approximately 3,300 customers remained without power as a result of the current winter storm. This number compares with 20,500 at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
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1/16/2018
AEP Texas is responding to initial outages and monitoring weather conditions as the current storm begins to unfold throughout its south Texas service territory. Service crews are on standby to respond if outages do occur. Also, AEP Texas reminds customers that its new mobile application provides an extremely convenient method of reporting and monitoring outages.
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1/15/2018
AEP Texas is making preparation for another winter storm throughout the south Texas areas of the AEP Texas service territory. Service crews are on standby to respond if outages do occur.
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1/11/2018
AEP Texas today announced it will expedite the rebuilding of a vital powerline in the Coastal Bend area that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
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1/3/2018
As of 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the AEP Texas outage management system indicated that only 90 customers remained without power in Laredo. AEP Texas now projects that service will be restored to all Laredo customers by 3 p.m., and many customers will see their power restored much sooner.
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1/3/2018
AEP Texas crews worked through the night on service restoration efforts in Laredo. As of 5:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, approximately 820 customers remained without power as compared to 5,900 at the peak of the winter storm on Monday, Jan. 1. In the Rio Grande Valley, approximately 1,000 customers were without power as of 5:45 a.m., predominantly in the Edinburg and Mission areas.
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1/2/2018
As of 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, approximately 1,200 consumers remained without power in the Laredo area, predominantly in the areas surrounding East Del Mar Boulevard. AEP Texas is projecting restoration of service to approximately 600 of those customers by 11 p.m. and then restoring service to the remaining 600 customers by 3 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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1/2/2018
AEP Texas is continuing its request that consumers in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo areas take conservation measures today, especially during 6 a.m. until 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. time slots The request is based on challenges in restoration of service following distribution outages in both areas.
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1/1/2018
AEP Texas has requested consumers who currently have electric service take immediate conservation measures for consumers who have electric service in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo areas. The request is based on challenges in restoration of service following distribution outages in both areas.