Weather, Plant Outages Led to Demand Exceeding Supply

DALLAS (Feb. 2, 2011) — Oncor, the electric transmission and distribution company serving most of North Texas, is in the process of temporarily turning off power across its service territory to compensate for unexpected generation loss in the areas of the state served by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.  Oncor, which does not own any generation, along with other transmission and distribution utilities across Texas are taking direction from ERCOT to manage the situation.   By temporarily turning off power in a controlled manner, ERCOT is attempting to prevent uncontrolled outages from occurring across the state.

While the length of the outage for each individual customer can vary in length, Oncor is working very hard to ensure that no outage lasts longer than 30 minutes.  If a customer’s outage lasts longer than 30 minutes they should call 1-888-313-4747 because they may be experiencing an outage caused by weather or other reasons.  Oncor also is providing regular updates on Facebook and Twitter.

ERCOT, which manages the electricity grid across most of the state, made the demand for controlled outages across the state after some generating plants unexpectedly went off line shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday which, when coupled with the significant electricity demand from the severe cold weather, created an electricity shortage. 

At this time, it is unclear how long the rolling outages will last.  ERCOT is closely monitoring both supply and demand for the electricity in most of the state.

City Council, Place 1 - Murphy  
  Total
Number of Precincts  3 
Precincts Reporting  3 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  574/8909 6.4 %
Total Votes  383 
Times Blank Voted  191 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
________________________________________
Colleen Halbert  383 100.00%

City Council, Place 2 - Murphy  
  Total
Number of Precincts  3 
Precincts Reporting  3 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  574/8909 6.4 %
Total Votes  345 
Times Blank Voted  229 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
________________________________________
Dennis Richmond  345 100.00%

City Council, Place 4 - Murphy  
  Total
Number of Precincts  3 
Precincts Reporting  3 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  574/8909 6.4 %
Total Votes  356 
Times Blank Voted  218 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Scott D. Bradley  356 100.00%

City Council, Place 6 - Murphy  
  Total
Number of Precincts  3 
Precincts Reporting  3 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  574/8909 6.4 %
Total Votes  457 
Times Blank Voted  117 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
________________________________________
Dave Brandon  246 53.83%
Gus Delaloye  211 46.17%

Board of Trustees, Place 1 - Plano ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  88 
Precincts Reporting  88 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  6001/180929 3.3 %
Total Votes  5303 
Times Blank Voted  698 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Bart Ridley  1926 36.32%
Tammy Richards  2929 55.23%
Robert Canright  448 8.45%

Board of Trustees, Place 2 - Plano ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  88 
Precincts Reporting  88 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  6001/180929 3.3 %
Total Votes  5434 
Times Blank Voted  566 
Times Over Voted  1 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Raj Menon  1953 35.94%
Paul P. Kaminsky  1181 21.73%
Carrolyn Moebius  2300 42.33%   CONGRATULATIONS!

Board of Trustees, Place 3 - Plano ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  88 
Precincts Reporting  88 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  6001/180929 3.3 %
Total Votes  5517 
Times Blank Voted  484 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Bret Cullers  2292 41.54%
Nancy Humphrey  3225 58.46%

Board of Trustees, Place 5 - Wylie ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  14 
Precincts Reporting  14 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  895/27427 3.3 %
Total Votes  811 
Times Blank Voted  84 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Lacey LaPointe  114 14.06%
Heather Leggett  567 69.91%
Art Borgemenke  130 16.03%

Board of Trustees, Place 6 - Wylie ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  14 
Precincts Reporting  14 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  895/27427 3.3 %
Total Votes  829 
Times Blank Voted  66 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Joe Stooksberry  564 68.03%
Tanisha M. Owens  265 31.97%

Board of Trustees, Place 7 - Wylie ISD  
  Total
Number of Precincts  14 
Precincts Reporting  14 100.0 %
Vote For  1 
Times Counted  895/27427 3.3 %
Total Votes  797 
Times Blank Voted  98 
Times Over Voted  0 
Number Of Under Votes  0 
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Stacie Gooch  613 76.91%
Curt Marcantel  184 23.09%

MURPHY POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOUND PROPERTY NOTICE!
 

REFERENCE:  Found Boy’s Bicycle
SPECIAL ATTENTION:  Glen Ridge Estates
DATE: May 5, 2010
CASE NUMBER:  10008930

 
Murphy TX – On April 28, 2010, a resident located a boy’s bicycle in the 300 block of Fountain Drive. If have lost a bicycle please contact Detective Kyle Kucauskas at (972) 468-4229.

Friday, April 23, 2010- The Collin County Child Abuse Task Force and Wylie Police Department have made an arrest in the death of 6 years of age, Gerren Joseph Isgrigg.  Investigators obtained a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which led them to Gerren’s primary caretaker, 63 years of age, Darlene Phillips, his maternal grandmother.  Phillips was interviewed by investigators at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County.  Phillips is being charged with Murder and is currently being held in the Collin County Detention Facility.  Phillips bond has been set at $500,000.00.