As the grip of the deadly winter storm lessens across the state of Oklahoma, the electrical power supply had improved as of Thursday morning.
The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reported only 9 customers without power and they were in Grady and Stephens Counties.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric had a reported 1,000 restoration workers on standby but the company had restored power to nearly all of its customers.
Public Service Company of Oklahoma had no outages either, according to its outage map on its website.
There are continuing concerns of possible rolling blackouts but as of Wednesday, the Southwest Power Pool had not ordered them again as temperatures slowly climbed into the teens across Oklahoma and efforts to maintain electrical-power production had improved.
Still, the potential for directed blackouts existed according to OG&E in a statement.
“The potential for the reinstatement of short-term service interruptions remain as the extreme cold weather in the region, combined with the high demand for natural gas continues.”
The utilities continued asking their customers to take conservation steps. So did the Oklahoma Corporation Commission where Public Utilities Division Director Brandy Wreath had recently said, “Every bit of electricity we don’t use is electricity we don’t have to produce….we need everyone’s help.”
Utilities urged customers to take steps to prevent the need for more controlled outrages such as limiting the use of dishwashers, clothes dryers and large appliances.
Customers were urged to turn off lights when rooms are not in use and to lower thermostat settings by a few degrees lower than normal.
The power-outage tracking company Bluefire Studios reported no outages in Oklahoma while the majority across the nation were in Texas.
