MARICOPA, Aricopa — Thousands of homes in Maricopa were without power Tuesday morning due to widespread power outages.
Electric District 3, which serves the Maricopa area, saw numerous power outages around Maricopa.
By late afternoon power outage map According to the ED3 website, power has almost been restored.
APS’s outage map also showed about 150 customers without power in the area Tuesday morning, but power has since been restored, APS said. The reason for these reported outages was that “adjacent utility companies serving customers experienced service interruptions.”
APS outage map
“(ED3) The distribution system lost power from the transmission system at 6:41 a.m., and power was restored to the system at 9:14 a.m. The outage prompted APS to dispatch power transmission personnel and restore power to both WAPA and APS transmission-side transformers. “We have restored power to ED3. We are continuing to investigate this matter and have requested information from both APS and WAPA,” the company said in a press release on Tuesday.
The company says: “If customers are still experiencing power outages, ED3 advises customers to check their breakers. If customers are experiencing other issues, please contact ED3 Customer Service at 520-424-9021 Or you can email ED3 Customer Service at “@ed-3.org.” ”
The Western Regional Power Authority issued the following statement:
“According to information we have at the Western Regional Power Administration, there was a power outage along Arizona utility lines that caused one of WAPA’s lines to trip, which ultimately caused a transformer to It reached the line that feeds the power, which in turn feeds the Maricopa substation. As of this morning, WAPA was able to repower the line through this transformer and is now WAPA. There are no power outages affecting customers.
As our systems are interconnected, we would like to emphasize that the APS and WAPA teams work closely together and the inter-service working agreement means we jointly address issues as they arise. I think so. ”
Arizona Project Service (APS) issued the following statement:
“APS sent crews this morning to investigate power outages in the Maricopa area. By 10 a.m., power had been restored to 150 affected customers. We did not find any indication that this led to a trip in a nearby power company’s power lines serving the Maricopa area.” This incident is still under investigation. ”
ABC15 continues to ask questions to find out the real cause of the disorder.
