Snow, sleet and freezing rain across Central and South Texas could bring down power lines, causing localized outages beginning Monday evening.

Tens of thousands of Texans were without power Tuesday morning, but the statewide electric grid wasn’t to blame. With the current cold snap’s most frigid temperatures still to come, electricity demand already has had its biggest spike since last January.

With the winter storm affecting the Houston area, power is a concern that many residents have after the winter storm that affected the area in 2021.

CenterPoint Energy averted the worst impacts to its power lines and poles during Houston's historic winter storm.