The State of Texas has declared a state of emergency for all 254 counties. The Winter Storm across Texas is knocking out power across the State. Evergy, the power company serving the Kansas City area and other areas has instituted rolling blackouts and other power companies are doing the same. Natural gas processing plants are losing power which in turn reduces the amount of natural gas available to pipelines serving the ENTIRE MIDWEST.
Prices will remain at extremely high levels for the next few days and literally could be 100 – 300 times the normal price or more! The natural gas system across the Midwest will continue to see supply cuts impacting some or potentially all of you. It is impossible at this point to determine where the future gas production losses will occur. Please continue to do everything you can to limit usage.
We recommend that you request that thermostats should be set BELOW 68 degrees, shut down schools, request industrials and commercial businesses STOP production and turning down thermostats at all businesses to the extent possible. For many of you the impact will not be as great hopefully, but the natural gas grid is deteriorating as we speak and it’s NOT getting better any time soon. Even if your supply is “whole” as we speak it is very likely it will NOT remain whole and massive penalties could be assessed by the pipelines serving you.
This is impacting the entire Midwest and with blizzard like conditions in multiple states we will continue to see power loss and production loss. Please do EVERYTHING you can to reduce natural gas consumption immediately. There is a chance if you take this action that you will minimize the financial impact and possibly eliminate the entire financial impact to your utility. We just have to make it through the next few days. Failure to comply will result in thousands of dollars of incremental penalties. This is an unprecedented event NEVER seen before in the natural gas business.
THIS NOTICE IS APPLICABLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND COULD BE EXTENDED.
For those who have already made adjustments you are making a difference. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Debbie Roach, Mayor
City of Grant City
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