Thursday, December 16, 2010
Storm Affects Power Service
KENTUCKY....
Pike County emergency manager Doug Tackett says Thursday's storm resulted in a few minor power outages in Pike County, including one that affected as many as 900 customers because of a downed transformer. Tackett says the county did not have to open prepared emergency shelters. Kentucky Utilities spokesman Cliff Feltham said 1,500 customers of his company lost power across the state, including a few in Lexington, but power was quickly restored to most of them.
Kentucky Power outages peaked at about 6,700 in the 20 counties the company serves in eastern Kentucky. About 11:00 A.M., that number was down to about 4,300. The largest outage was caused by a broken transformer at the Leslie County substation, affecting about 3,000 customers.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare in Hazard and Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden were running on backup generators early in the day, but they had reported no problems to emergency managers.
Pike County emergency manager Doug Tackett says Thursday's storm resulted in a few minor power outages in Pike County, including one that affected as many as 900 customers because of a downed transformer. Tackett says the county did not have to open prepared emergency shelters. Kentucky Utilities spokesman Cliff Feltham said 1,500 customers of his company lost power across the state, including a few in Lexington, but power was quickly restored to most of them.Kentucky Power outages peaked at about 6,700 in the 20 counties the company serves in eastern Kentucky. About 11:00 A.M., that number was down to about 4,300. The largest outage was caused by a broken transformer at the Leslie County substation, affecting about 3,000 customers.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare in Hazard and Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden were running on backup generators early in the day, but they had reported no problems to emergency managers.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:28 PM 
