Power outage scheduled in Baraga County - WLUC
Power outage scheduled in Baraga County
L’ANSE, Mich. (WLUC) - A scheduled overnight power outage is set for Saturday night in parts of Baraga County.
According to the Village of L’Anse, the outage is set for 8:00 p.m. Saturday until 7:00 a.m. Sunday because American Transmission Co. needs to complete some emergency repair work on a major electrical pole.
According to the Village of L’Anse, the outage will affect L’Anse, Aura, Skanee, Zeba, Herman, and possibly parts of Covington. The Village of Baraga will not be affected.
L’Anse Village Manager Bob La Fave released a statement on the outage:
“Unfortunately, Saturday night after 8pm, ATC, the American Transmission Co., will have the power down while they make emergency repairs on their system. This affects the Village, but also REA and UPPCO customers in L’Anse Township, Skanee, Aura, and Herman among others. ATC says if they don’t fix their transmission line ASAP it could cause an outage that (would) last days. I know this is not great news, but it’s beyond our control and we wanted to get the word out to our residents as soon as we could. The outage could last up to 10 hours, but hopefully doesn’t last that long.”
UPPCO says work is being done on the high-voltage electric transmission system that is owned by American Transmission Co. UPPCO says the outage will affect customers on the municipally-owned L’Anse system and about 400 UPPCO customers. UPPCO will be notifying its affected customers.
TV6 is working to get more information on this planned outage. This story will be updated.
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