MILLCREEK, Utah (KUTV) — Over 18,500 customers lost power in Salt Lake County, with the estimated restoration time six hours out.
According to officials with Rocky Mountain Power, the power outage was caused by the “loss of a substation” on Friday afternoon in Salt Lake County. They did not provide details on what caused the substation to go out of service.
Officials initially estimated the outage could last until 8:30 p.m., but restored power to nearly 13,000 customers before 3 p.m. They said the remaining 5,500 customers could be without power until 10:30 p.m.
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The majority of the people without power were in Millcreek, with thousands of customers losing power along the Murray-Holladay border.
Those still without power are in the Millcreek area.
RMP officials said affected customers can text “STAT” to 759677 or visit their website for the most current updates.
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