The Dallas skyline was much darker Monday night as the electrical emergency continues, and in Fort Worth, outside lights were turned off in at least two buildings in order to conserve electricity.
Millions of jeans have no energy, as the temperature plummeted in single digits in the early hours of Monday morning.
The Texas Electric Reliability Council initiated a controlled power outage. The ERCOT board described outages as a “last resort to preserve the reliability of the electricity system as a whole,” adding that utility transportation companies have the task of determining how to reduce system demand.
NBC 5 viewers asked us why downtown Dallas was still lit. At one point in the evening with a Valentine’s Day theme.
The Dallas skyline lit up Sunday evening to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
“How about turning off all those electronic billboards and neon lights on downtown buildings,” said David, an NBC 5 viewer.
“I noticed that the buildings in downtown Dallas are lit up, but they ask me to turn off the lights and lower the temperature in our house,” Spectator Sharon said. “Isn’t that a double standard?”
Monday night there will be fewer lights as the electrical emergency continues.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson tweeted about the fact that downtown Dallas, Inc. he asks downtown buildings to turn off the outside lights Monday night to help save energy.
The Reunion Tower confirmed it will not be turned on and “other lights and equipment that consume non-essential electricity will be turned off.”
Fort Worth also darkened its skyline Tuesday night. The lights went out in the Bank of America Tower and the Wells Fargo Tower in the center.
Amid an electrical emergency across Texas, they were turned off at Bank of America Tower and Well Fargo Tower in downtown on Tuesday night.