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TYLER \u2014 The Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative is providing instructions on what residents should do when they regain power to prevent another outage. According to our news partner KETK, when power is restored after winter storms, it frequently goes off again because a large number of electric heaters come on at once, placing an unusually heavy load on the system.<\/p>\n
To avoid another outage as power is being restored, the cooperative is asking residents to take the following steps, including: Turning off the breaker to your home\u2019s electric heater or unplugging heaters, turning off the breaker to your hot water heater, unplugging appliances and electronics, and waiting 30 minutes to turn appliances back on after power is restored.<\/p>\n
The cooperative also said that once power is restored, residents should turn off their furnaces and gradually bring their homes to a comfortable temperature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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