Massive power outage in Maricopa

Major power outages were reported in the 3rd Electric District Map. WAPA and APS are solving the problem. MARICOPA, Ariz. — More than 33,000 people were without power in Maricopa after a major power outage in the 3rd Electric District. WAPA and APS were able to reenergize the transformer and power was restored. According to […]

Power restored after Maricopa outage impacted 33K customers

Maricopa, Arizona (AZFamily) — At least 33,000 residents and businesses in the City of Maricopa were without power early Tuesday morning. Details are limited at this time, but initial reports were that widespread power outages began around 7 a.m. Many traffic lights lost power, and the city mobilized all available personnel to provide traffic assistance. […]

Arizona early voting disrupted by global Microsoft Windows outage

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization that covers voting access and election administration across the United States. Sign up here for Votebeat Arizona's free newsletter. A worldwide Microsoft-based computer outage early Friday crippled the electronic systems Arizona's two largest counties use for early voting, forcing election officials to scramble to switch to backup plans to […]

Power outage affecting thousands of TEP customers on southwest side

TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Tucson Power spokesman Joseph Barrios confirmed to KGUN 9 that most of the outages across the company’s infrastructure were caused by the storm. “We had 11,000 customers out of service for a short period of time,” he said. “But only about 4,000 are out of service at the moment.” Original story […]

City Responds to Car Accident and Power Outage | The Buzz -The buzz in Bullhead City – Lake Havasu City – Kingman – Arizona – California

BULLHEAD CITY, Arizona, May 12, 2023 – The city of Bullhead City responded to a vehicle accident that occurred along SR-95 near the intersection of Rancho Colorado Avenue at approximately 12:33 p.m. Vehicles collided with power infrastructure, causing two utility poles and power lines to collapse onto the highway. The Bullhead City Police Department is […]

Bay Area power outage. Search how long until you have power

More than 43,000 Bay Area customers were still without power on Thursday morning, two days after terrifying winds wreaked havoc on power lines across the region. That’s a significant improvement from Thursday morning, when more than 158,000 customers were without power. Still, many customers, especially in the South Bay, may have to wait another day […]

UniSource probes source of outage that hit 20K south of Tucson

According to UniSource Energy Services, a power outage that affected about 20,000 customers in Santa Cruz County on February 1 left many customers stranded because it was difficult to reach the blacked out power lines that caused the outage. It lasted for most of the day. Sabotage was ruled out. The blackout started around 4am […]

74-year-old man dies during phone and internet outage in northern AZ

A 74-year-old man from rural St. Johns, just west of the New Mexico border, died Sunday en route to a hospital. Before they finally flagged down an ambulance, officials said. The deaths occurred at a time when internet and phone service were disrupted throughout Apache County and much of neighboring Navajo County, according to St. […]