More Than 1K Utility Customers Without Power In Cedar Park

CEDAR PARK, TX — More than 1,000 of utility customers were left without power in Cedar Park on Thursday amid outages spurred by frigid temperatures and icy conditions, officials said.

Pedernales Electric Cooperative issued the report at 3:45 p.m. All told, there were 119 total outages affecting 3,577 meters, utility officials said. The same page alerting to power outages notes the total represents less than 2 percent of the utility's network of 350,958 meters.

A wide swath of Central Texas — including Travis and Williamson counties — is under a "winter weather advisory" until midnight alerting to frigid temperatures and precipitation resulting in icy roadways, making travel treacherous.

The hardest-hit ZIP code is 78613, where 1,308 customers were affected as shown on a Pedernales Cooperative list. The 78058 was a distant second, with 187 customers affected as shown on the list.

Residents experiencing an outage are directed to report them via SmartHub or by calling 888-883-3379. Visit the Pedernales Electric Cooperative website for updates.

The cold shows no signs of letting up in the coming days. The overnight low is expected to dip below freezing at a forecast 28 degrees. Saturday is expected to be even colder, with a low of 16 degrees predict