Up to 100,000 Evergy customers were without power this morning, February 16, as record low temperatures gripped the area and much of the Great Plains. These outages were intentional, created by Evergy at the request of the Southwest Power Pool as a way to conserve energy across a multi-state grid. Chuck Caisley, Evergy’s senior vice president and chief customer officer, explained five main reasons why residents are experiencing rolling power outages on one of the coldest days in decades. 1. Coldest day Temperatures early this morning plunged to record lows. In Wichita, Eisenhower Airport dropped to -17 degrees early this morning which smashed the previous record low of -6 degrees in 1903.
Source: KSN-TV
