Met-Ed completes repairs to address recurring power outages in Amity Twp.

AMITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Met-Ed says repairs are complete and power outage problems in Douglassville should be a thing of the past.

69 News previously told you about the service issues in Amity Township this summer.

Customers in the area complained about prolonged, sporadic outages.

Owner of Brooks Cafe, Aja Taney, who we talked with first a few weeks ago about the issues, says the most recent time they lost power was last Thursday.

Met-Ed says repairs to fix it were completed earlier this week.

“I have friends who said that they got a text message saying that the power is back to normal and was upgraded,” said Taney.

She says she hasn’t yet been informed by Met-Ed about equipment repairs being complete, but she’s hoping the news is true.

“I mean, I hope it’s resolved,” Taney said. “It’s the most power outages I’ve had living here in 20 years.”

Met-Ed spokesperson Todd Meyers says the outage issue was caused by a piece of equipment that wasn’t working properly and had to be replaced at the Amity Township substation.

“That’s a hard piece of equipment to get,” said Meyers. “There could be lead times of about a year-and-a-half if you have to get a brand new piece of equipment.”

Meyers says while the issues were occurring, the Amity Township customers were served by a line that also serves the Birdsboro area.

“We did find a unit, piece of equipment, that was able to work there. However, we had to makes some modifications to the substation. We had to put in some new foundations and do some different work to accommodate that,” Meyers told 69 News.

The utility says the work is complete, the line re-energized, and the customers were moved back to the normal network this week.

“We hated having our customers exposed like that, having problems with power,” said Meyers. “We wanted to make sure we got things right as soon as we could.”

Taney says after a summer of spotty power, she’s hoping for a more steady fall. “I’m hoping that’s done.”

Met-Ed says they also completed work to beef up the line out of the Birdsboro substation to allow more electricity on that wire, which should help it to be less susceptible to overloads.