Friday, May 21, 2010

Power back on for 10,000 Met-Ed customers - UPDATE

Power was restored about noon today to roughly 10,000 Metropolitan Edison Co. customers in Nazareth and other areas this morning, Met-Ed spokesman Marc Troutman said.

The short-lived 11:19 power outage also affected residents in Bushkill Township, Stockertown and parts of Bangor and Wind Gap, Troutman said.

He said a contractor working on the Belfast substation off Route 115 in Stockertown accidentally came into contact with a live conductor, causing the outage. The incident caused a cascading effect temporarily disabling four other substations.

The contractor sustained a minor burn, Troutman said.

From the Express Times

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