Friday, February 3, 2023

Austin City Councilor Takes Power Company To Task Over Outages

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Austin city councilor MacKenzie Kelly hold a news conference yesterday to take Austin Power to task for poor communications with their customers, as nearly 200,000 in Central Texas remain without power and heat after a severe ice storm. 

Specifically, Kelly, a Republican, said the lack of communications, and the slow repairs were unacceptable.

"With our current lack of power and for a city of this size, we deserve better." She called for power lines to be placed underground, something critics have said would cost billions of dollars and take decades to complete.

(Full story HERE.)
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