Oncor ends controlled outages, thousands still without power: Your Thursday morning roundup

Plus, winter weather tips from Texas transplants.  [Morning roundup] [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 02/18/2021 By Carla Solórzano and Todd Davis Good morning! A winter storm has impacted delivery times for some subscribers. If your newspaper delivery is delayed by weather, please access the e-paper edition at [](. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we thank you for being a member. Your support helps us produce great journalism. Prefer the online view? It's [here](. ADVERTISEMENT Large electrical transmission lines are pictured in a new housing development in South Arlington, Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Rolling power outages have disrupted service to customers following this week's snow storm and deep freeze. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) WINTER WEATHER UPDATE [Oncor ends controlled outages; thousands of North Texans still without power due to equipment damage]( Oncor Electric Delivery said early Thursday that it was able to end controlled power outages previously necessary through the extreme winter weather, though thousands of North Texas homes were still without power due to damaged equipment. Oncor said as of 6 a.m., [150,000 of its customers statewide were still without power]( because of damage to equipment from both of this week’s winter storms. The company said a lot of the equipment damage couldn’t be identified until power went back online. "Our personnel will continue working 24/7 to restore power to remaining customers," Oncor said in a Tweet. "We recognize the hardships this power emergency has caused our customers & communities. We appreciate their patience as we [await] the return of electric generation & protected the TX electric grid." - Weather guide: [Find a warming center, check a boil water notice, search power outage maps and get tips on what to do if your pipes burst](. - Winter tips: We asked Texas transplants for some tips to help us survive the snow and ice of a frigid week. [Here's what they advise](. - Water conservation: The North Texas Municipal Water District is asking residents throughout the region it serves to [decrease any nonessential water use](. - Boil notices or frozen pipes?: Here's how to prepare your home for or cope with [water emergencies](. - Warming stations: [Dallas]( | [D-FW area]( - Education: Here’s the latest on [North Texas school closings]( during the winter storm. - Winter tips: [Pets]( | [Driving]( | [Food storage]( | [Fireplace]( | [Outages]( | [Water]( - Stay updated: Stay up to date with important weather news alerts for North Texas with the [Weather Wise newsletter](. FIND YOUR CITY'S WEATHER INFORMATION [Allen]( | [Arlington]( | [Colleyville]( | [DeSoto]( | [Frisco]( | [Garland]( | [Grand Prairie]( [Grapevine]( | [Irving]( | [McKinney]( | [Mesquite]( | [Plano]( | [Richardson]( | [Southlake]( [Abbott’s mixed messages on who’s to blame for Texas power woes ‘not useful’, communications experts say]( [Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, injections delayed by winter storm]( [Dallas’ Fair Park sees flooding, ‘significant’ water damage after frozen pipe bursts]( [Grocers plan to lobby for priority status in future Texas power outages]( [Jerry Jones’ natural gas company ‘hits jackpot’ as Texas freeze drives up prices]( TEXT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS [Readers often tell us they want to stay informed but that they're short on time. That's why we're launching a new way for you to stay connected, with texts from The Dallas Morning News.]( [Want to get a quick hit of the biggest headlines of the day? Sign up for The Roundup. It's a Monday-Friday, daily briefing of the latest news impacting D-FW residents. Text us back with your questions or thoughts and we'll respond.]( 📱 Get connected. [Sign up here](. ❓ Got questions? We've got [answers](. *The Roundup is free to receive. Standard text messaging and data rates may apply. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 That's all for this afternoon! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Submit your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to[the newsroom.]( ADVERTISEMENT STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](