Thousands out of power in Chandler as temperatures hit 119 for second day in a row - The Arizona Republic

Thousands out of power in Chandler as temperatures hit 119 again

Thousands out of power in Chandler as temperatures hit 119 for second day in a row
Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Thousands of people in Chandler were without power on Thursday. As of 4 p.m., the outage affected more than 2,000 Arizona Public Service Co. customers. Earlier in the day, more than 5,000 customers were affected.

This power outage has hit Chandler as temperatures soared to 119 degrees on Thursday afternoon for the second day straight. The outage is located around Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue, according to the APS outage map.

According to the map, power is not expected to return until sometime around 5 p.m. Thursday. Temperatures are expected to stay above 115 degrees until at least 6 p.m.

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Chandler Police Department responded to the incident, as multiple intersections in the area were affected by the outage, prompting officers to control traffic at the intersections.

The cause of the current power outage is currently under investigation by APS officials.

Recently, APS and Salt River Project both set new records for electricity demand during the summer with SRP seeing a peak of demand on Tuesday with 8,163 megawatts. APS saw its spike on July 15, with demand soaring to 8,191 megawatts.