Electrical outages can be caused by a variety of factors, including:

• Storms: Wind, lightning, ice and snow are the most common causes of widespread outages.
• Trees: High winds may cause branches to come in contact with powerlines or for trees to fall through the lines.
• Vehicles: Motor vehicles at times crash into utility poles or other equipment and cause an outage.
• Animals: Squirrels, birds and other animals may contact lines and cause short circuits.
• Excavation digging: Shovels or other digging equipment can cause damage to underground cables.
• High power demand: Heat waves and other times of unusually high power demand can overload our equipment and cause an outage.

Click here for a log of recent power outages.