Areas particularly impacted are in east bench areas of the Salt Lake Valley." As crews work their way through the network, some damage may be affecting only one or a handful of customers. "Each repair at this stage may restore service to just 100 or dozens of customers. "Because of widely scattered locations of damage to neighborhood poles and lines, the work is labor-intensive," Rocky Mountain Power said in a statement. In total, 147 field and support personnel are working on restoring service to impacted customers. Leaders with the company said repair crews from southwestern Idaho, Cedar City, Richfield and Price traveled to the Salt Lake Valley to assist with restoration efforts. That number gradually decreased since reaching nearly 14,000 customers Sunday morning.Īccording to a Rocky Mountain Power official, the outages were due to the snow causing downed power lines and issues with trees. TRACK THE STORM: Get real-time storm information by downloading the FREE Utah Weather Authority appĪs of Monday night around 9:45 p.m., approximately 1,500 Rocky Mountain Power customers were without service, with most situated in the Salt Lake Valley.
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