Nearly 3,000 El Paso customers face power outage Wednesday afternoon - KFOX El Paso
Nearly 3,000 El Paso customers face power outage Wednesday afternoon
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Close to 3,000 central and southcentral El Paso customers were without power Wednesday afternoon.
According to El Paso Electric's Outage Map, several outages were reported in El Paso with the largest one being in central, near Montana and Trowbridge and affecting 1995 customers.
The second largest outage was reported in southcentral near Alameda Avenue and affecting 766 customers.
Power was eventually restored at around 2:30 p.m.
Officials with El Paso Electric said Mylar balloons got into one of their substations causing the outages.
Mylar balloons are made of metallic material that can cause a short circuit and can eventually lead to equipment failure when they come into contact with power lines or substations. EPE reminds customers to always ensure that Mylar balloons are tethered, and to properly dispose of them instead of releasing them into the sky.
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Below is the outage map:
Each color dot represents an outage.
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