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Over 2,000 in southwest Lubbock experiencing power outage - KCBD

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Over 2,000 in southwest Lubbock experiencing power outage

Published: Jun. 26, 2023 at 4:51 PM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock Power & Light is reporting an outage in southwest Lubbock.

Officials stated in a Tweet the outage was caused by damaged equipment; 2,375 customers in total have been affected.

LP&L crews are working to repair the damage “as quickly and safely as possible.”

Check on the status of the outage here.

2,375 customers are experiencing and outage in SW Lubbock due to damaged equipment. This is an isolated outage within our system and crews are repairing equipment to restore customers as quickly and safely as possible. Thank you for your patience.— LubbockPower&Light (@lpandl)
June 26, 2023

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