The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is telling utilities to begin rotating outages to compensate for a generation shortage due to numerous plant trips that occurred from extreme weather.
Reports are coming in through the county. The latest is FM2978 at FM 1488. Also the April Sound area earlier. Traffic lights in the SH249 and FM 149 corridor have been going to flashing red as power is restored.
MCPR was created in 2008 after Jamie left a newspaper that conflicted with her ethics. Initially, it was blog style website where Jamie wrote stories and posted them with photos. Scott provided video, and as the blog grew in popularity, businesses began to inquire about advertising. The blog soon transitioned to a news website, and then to a print newspaper, which was sold in over 100 stores, and through subscription for several years.
Scott Engle and Jamie Nash are Montgomery County residents and veteran law enforcement / breaking news reporters, who met covering a law enforcement story and have covered multiple counties, with Scott as a television videographer for multiple local stations and national networks, and Jamie as newspaper / magazine / online reporter.
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