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Power restored to MGE customers after thousands of outages following storm in Madison

WKOW · last updated

MADISON (WKOW)– Power has been restored as of Sunday morning after more than 2,500 Madison Gas & Electric customers lost power in Madison.

The outages were first reported around 6:15 p.m. Saturday that 2,721 customers were without power. The main two areas affected were near Orchard Ridge and Marlborough Heights, indicated on the outage map shown here.

MGE said it would take several hours to get power restored, estimating it would be between 8:30 p.m. and midnight. 

As of Sunday morning, all customers have power back, according to an updated outage map on MGE’s website. 

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