Power Outage: Thousands Without Power In Del City; Restoration Time Unknown - news9.com KWTV
Power Outage: Thousands Without Power In Del City; Restoration Time Unknown
Saturday, July 29th 2023, 7:41 pm
A power outage is impacting thousands of OG&E customers Saturday evening in Del City.
The City of Del City Facebook page acknowledged the outage at 7 p.m.
We are aware of the massive power outage in the City and have reached out to our contacts at OG&E to attempt to get an ETA on restoration. We will keep you all updated as more information becomes available.
At 7:30 p.m., the city said some of the outages are being fixed, but no ETA has been given for restoration.
7:34 update: Looks like power is starting to come back on in some affected areas. This gives us hope the entire city will be back on very soon!
There are nearly 5,000 OG&E customers in the Del City area without power, according to the Outage Map.
The outage ranges from I-35 out east toward the Tinker Air Force Base, north to SE 15th St., and south down to SE 59th St.
This is a developing story. Refresh this page for updates.
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