Electric utilities across the region have been working with the Southwest Power Pool to coordinate resources and needs across the fourteen-state region.
Tom Kent, President of the Nebraska Public Power District, says they had all their generators online this week…

Kent says they have a wide mix of power production…

Kent says the region power mix heavily depends on thermal generation….

Rolling black outs and conservation had been used this week to keep the entire grid from shutting down due to the high demand and damage from the cold and snow in the central part of the country.