Power restored in Smith County after outages Wednesday morning

By Darby Good

KETK / FOX51 News

2022-11-30

UPDATE: Power has been restored to the affected area.

SMITH COUNTY, Texas ( KETK ) – More than 2,000 East Texans are without power on Wednesday morning in Smith County as of 9 a.m.

According to ONCOR, 2,266 customers are affected by the outage near east Grande Boulevard and Rhones Quarter Road.

Power is expected to be restored by 11:30 a.m.

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