| Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills stayed put across much of the U.S. Monday, leaving thousands of customers without power. About 110,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without power late Monday, the bulk of them in Oregon after widespread outages that started Saturday. Portland General Electric warned that strong winds forecast for Monday and threat of an ice storm Tuesday could delay restoration efforts. On Tuesday, more than 52,000 customers were still without power in Oregon, according to poweroutage.us. Portland General Electric (PGE) said its crews worked through the night and continued full-scale efforts to restore power following extreme damage from the winter storm that began Saturday.
With the potential for record low temperatures in Texas, the state’s electrical grid operator asked consumers to conserve energy. About 25,000 Texas customers were without power Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us. Louisana experienced outages as well, with more than 21,000 customers still without power on Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us. | 