[Outages-discussion] Southwest Power Pool down

[Jeff P]

SPP.ORG has been out for over a week according to IsItDownRightNow..

https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/spp.org.html

JeffP

jeffp at jeffp.us

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:41 PM Andy Ringsmuth <andy at andyring.com> wrote:

> Well, electricity too in many places, but their web site:
>
> https://www.spp.org/
>
> is also down. As recent (within the last hour) news reports have
> indicated, the Southwest Power Pool, which manages electricity supply for
> more than 14 states, is experiencing insane demand due to the equally
> insane cold temperatures across the United States. They are working with
> their member organizations/power companies to implement rolling blackouts
> in an effort to preserve the entire electricity grid.
>
> Wouldn’t surprise me if their site was down simply because millions of
> people in affected areas tried to look them up. Just a hunch though.
>
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