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Evergy continues emergency electricity shutdowns

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02/15/2021

(KNZA)--Evergy continued more rolling blackouts Tuesday morning in order to conserve power.

The outages began at 7:00 at the direction of the Southwest Power Pool due to regional power supply needs.

By 10:15 Tuesday morning, Evergy announced it had suspended the rolling blackouts after the SPP lifted the current emergency order.

However, Evergy announced Tuesday evening that the Southwest Power Pool had again increased their energy emergency alert level as extended cold temperatures continue to strain the regional power grid.

Evergy said current conditions make additional controlled, temporary electricity reductions a strong possibility through 11:00 Wednesday) morning.

About 100,000 customers were impacted by Tuesday's rolling blackouts

The first round of blackouts on Monday affected about 60,000 customers.

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