BRIEF: Early morning outage in Grand Forks impacts 1,900 customers 

BRIEF: Early morning outage in Grand Forks impacts 1,900 customers

Apr 15, 2012 (Menafn - Grand Forks Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --A power outage affected about 1,900 customers in a north-central area of Grand Forks on Saturday morning, according to Mark Nisbet, a manager with Xcel Energy.

The outage, which began just after 7:30 a.m., lasted about two-and-a-half hours.

Power was back on for everyone by 10:09 a.m., he said. About 450 customers had power restored about earlier.

The outage was caused by a wire that came down, Nisbet said. "We're not sure why. The winds we had a day or so earlier may have loosened a connector, but that's speculation."

It was not caused by a break in an underground connection, he said.

Reach Knudson at (701) 780-1107; (800) 477-6572, ext. 107; or send e-mail to pknudson@gfherald.com.

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