UPDATE: Power restored for most Norman residents after outages - KOCO Oklahoma City
UPDATE: Power restored for most Norman residents after outages
UPDATE: Power restored for most Norman residents after Saturday outages
Hundreds of Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers in and around the Norman area were without power while temperatures hovered in the mid-90s Saturday.
UPDATE: Most Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers in Norman affected by a Saturday afternoon power outage have had their service restored as of 4:45 p.m., according to the company's outage map website.
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Hundreds of Oklahoma Gas & Electric customers in and around the Norman area were without power temperatures climbed into the mid-90s Saturday.
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As of 4 p.m., OG&E reported more than 2,000 customers in the area without power, according to the company’s outage map.
As of 4:35 p.m., just over 1,400 customers were reportedly still without power, with the company noting on the website that the outages were due to "a required equipment repair."
The company had put an estimated restoration time of 5:30 p.m., according to the website.
As of 4 p.m., temperatures were hovering in the mid-90s.
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