Make sure to check for additional emergency vehicles before you proceed driving. “Always treat non-working traffic signals as four-way stops until power is restored and they begin working properly.” Also, remember to pull off to the side of the road when emergency vehicles approach you from any direction with active lights and sirens. This can then cause a problem for Police, Fire personnel, Ambulance services and even school buses. The reasoning behind this is because traffic can become congested. The next tip that was provided is to only travel as much and as far as you need to in the affected area. However, accidents, natural disasters and vandalism can overwhelm even the best prevention efforts. “Sometimes, the area of the outage may have to be increased by crews to be able to do their work safely.” He then went on to explain that there are always constant system maintenance, incident planning and upgrades that are being made. It may take some time to find the problem and make repairs,” Richardson explained.
“The electrical grid is large and complex. He then explained that crews are dispatched as quickly as possible with the priority of minimizing the number of affected customers and then to begin the repairs that are needed. Richardson then offered tips to residents about what to do if the power goes out.įirst, he stated it is important to stay calm. We are also thankful for the quick responses from those at Rocky Mountain Power, Public Safety Dispatch and here at Price City.” “We appreciate the residents who live in the neighborhood that first alerted us to the power outage and those that showed patience and provided help as the problems were dealt with. However, the power was able to be restored sooner than anticipated and was back on around 1:30 p.m. “Meanwhile, they also carefully inspected the transformer in question and determined that it was still in good operating condition and that they needed to make minor repairs and changes to the wiring entering the transformer.”Īt the time of the outage, Price City estimated that the power would be out for up to four hours. “The underground power line fault was located by the crew from Rocky Mountain Power and they were able to uncover the wire and repair the issue,” stated Richardson. Problems discovered with the transformer wiring were not related as was originally suspected. By the end of the day, the final cause of the outage was discovered to be due to an underground line fault. Steven Richardson from Price City Utilities updated ETV 10 News the next day with what exactly occurred.Īt first, it was thought that both a transformer and underground primary line were the cause of the outage and that the transformer would need to be replaced. On the morning of Tuesday, May 9, a power outage occurred at Indian Hills in south Price.
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