The fire that broke out about 11:45 a.m. Thursday at SRP's Thunderstone substation, just east of Power Road and University Drive in Mesa, damaged one transformer and forced three others to shut down so firefighters could safely battle the blaze.
As the fire was extinguished, temperatures and power demand continued to climb. Just after 2 p.m., the Rogers substation near Stapley Drive and University went offline. The combination of events meant that more than 100,000 customers, mostly throughout Mesa, lost power at various times through the afternoon and into the evening.
SRP crews worked all afternoon and through the night to restore power, first at the Rogers substation, and then at Thunderstone to bring the three undamaged transformers there back online. After two transformers returned to service, virtually all customers had power restored before midnight.
We were the lucky ones who didn't get power until right before midnight! that was night 2nd time this summer we have had NO ac. today i am counting my many blessings and number one today it AC!
Friday, July 1, 2011
100,000 customers woth out power with a high of 113
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... as a linemans wife, I can promise you that they work as fast as they can- Huggie was out from 6pm-9am the other night skipping dinner and breakfast. It is such a miserable experience! Did you keep turning on the light switch out of habit every time you entered a room?
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