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Over 600 Madison Gas and Electric customers still without power

Channel 3000 · last updated

MADISON, Wis. — Over 600 Madison Gas & Electric customers are still without power, according to an update on Thursday. 

As of 8:30 p.m. about 650 customers remain impacted by 143 separate outage incidents. MGE expects some customers will remain without service overnight  and possibly into Friday evening. 

More than 15,000 customers were impacted at the peak of the storms. Damage includes broken poles, downed trees and downed power lines.

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