UPDATE from Entergy Texas 10:00PM

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- UPDATE: Mandatory outages across Southeast Texas have ended, for now, and we have returned the system to normal operations. All customers affected by this directive are either restored or in the process of being restored.

Thank you for your patience and your voluntary conservation of power as we work through this difficult situation. The company took this action at the direction of our reliability coordinator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, as a last resort to prevent a more extensive, prolonged power outage that could severely affect the reliability of the power grid.

We continue to face challenges related to the cold temperatures, so please be mindful of your electricity usage to help prevent the need for any additional forced outages. We’re not out of the woods yet, so please continue to conserve energy.