More than 700 without power south of city

UPDATE 3:03 p.m. Oct. 7, 2025 All 36,037 ED3 customers are being served.

UPDATE 1:48 p.m. Oct. 7, 2025 Power has been restored to more than 700 ED3 customers south of Maricopa.

Customer Care Manager Omiara Villanueva said the outage occurred at 11:30 a.m. in Hidden Valley and Thunderbird Farms because of a downed powerline near their substation at State Route 347 and Kortsen Road.

“We do have crews working on that right now,” Villanueva told InMaricopa.

She said most of the affected customers saw their power restored by 12:15 p.m. However, six remaining customers should see their power reconnect “within the hour.”

ORIGINAL STORY 12:59 p.m. Oct. 7, 2025 More than 700 rural Electrical District No. 3 customers lost power south of Maricopa late this morning.

Residents in Hidden Valley and Thunderbird Farms began reporting outages at 11:35 a.m. ED3’s website showed 711 homes affected. Eighteen customers in the city and 10 in Stanfield also lost power.

The Maricopa-based utility has not yet identified the cause. Crews are working to locate and fix the issue, which knocked out power along Miller and Barnes Roads from Sage Street to Amarillo Valley Road.

Marcus Hughes of Hidden Valley wrote on Nextdoor that he saw electrical work on Warren Road just before Val Vista Road.

Company representatives were not immediately available for comment when reached by phone. The outage was ongoing at 1 p.m., with 416 customers still in the dark.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.