Texas City plants restarting after power outages
TEXAS CITY, TX
Officials with Dow Chemical and Valero say their facilities in
Texas City on Friday had begun restarting some of their production
units. BP's refinery began its restart process Thursday evening.
The restart process was expected to take several days to
complete.
The facilities were knocked offline after experiencing power
outages late Monday and early Tuesday. There were additional
outages later Tuesday and Wednesday.
The electricity provider believes the outages were caused by
salt and other residue that has built up on transmission equipment
at substations and other locations, leading to short circuits.
The provider says it is working to clean affected equipment.
