NEWS
Subzero freeze comes to Montague County
By BARBARA GREEN
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Sub-zero temperatures are not something North Texans are used to dealing with, but Old Man Winter sent us a nasty dose of cold weather reality this week as temperatures dropped to record sub-zero lows and four to eight inches of snow fell across Montague County.
Along with the arctic temperatures came rolling electrical blackouts due to high demand across the state forcing the electric grid to implement rolling blackouts. People were forced to endure periods of no power at their homes as they tried to stay warm during the early hours of Monday and throughout the day. While they were suppose to be brief, hourly stops, that did not happen in many parts of the county where people were without service for hours.
The outages were expected to continue based on emergency protocol, but there also was ice and storm damage in certain parts of the state causing outages.
Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham said Tuesday the city’s electric supply had been stable with no interruptions due to the storm or to ERCOT.
“We buy our bulk power from Bryan Texas Utilities and as long as their generators are running we are okay. They have a huge gas-fired generator and two other smaller turbine generators that are running full out. We are not subject to rolling blackouts unless BTU runs into a problem,” explained Cunningham.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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