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Birds Cause Power Outage Up To Four Hours For 2,200 EREC Customers Saturday Morning
April 25, 2020
About 2,200 Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers lost power for up to nearly four hours Saturday morning due to birds living in a substation.
The birds had built nests in the Jay power substation that caused an equipment failure about 8:30 a.m.
The resulting power outage included 2,191 EREC customers in the Jay area, along with a few customers across the Escambia River on the west side of Century.
Repairs were complete on the substation by about 10:45 a.m. which restored power to most. However, additional repairs to power circuits away from the substation were completed by 12:30 p.m. to restore a much smaller number of customers.
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4 Responses to “Birds Cause Power Outage Up To Four Hours For 2,200 EREC Customers Saturday Morning”
Has anyone else noticed that the outage area looks like a cloaked witch riding a broom?
Had anyone seen Alfred Hitchcock?
Were the birds fried ?
To the EREC employees who had to come out on a Saturday morning to restore our power, THANK YOU ALL!!! We hope your afternoon was better than your morning.