Thousands in the dark following Rexburg power outage
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UPDATE:
The cause of the outage is due to equipment failure on a transformer according to Tiffany Erickson spokeswoman with Rocky Mountain Power.
She said crews are working on a step restoration. Rexburg customers will get back power incrementally.
The estimated time of restoration is 10 p.m.
Original Story:
REXBURG — Thousands of customers are without power in Rexburg.
The outage has been affecting 4,730 Rocky Mountian Power customers since around 7:00 p.m. The company’s website is showing there are five outages and the cause is being investigated.
There are two crews working to restore power as quickly as possible. Power is expected to be restored at about 10 p.m.
We will update as soon as we receive more information.