(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Springs Utilities (Springs Utilities) said the cause of a large power outage on Monday, Feb. 26 was from a rogue balloon hitting an overhead line. According to Springs Utilities, on Monday, a rogue Mylar balloon took an unexpected flight into an overhead line, briefly knocking out power for about 10,000 people. […]
(FOX40.COM) — A power outage in the Natomas area affected over 5,000 SMUD customers on Thursday, according to the utility’s outage map. SMUD said that the reason for the outage is unknown, but as of 9:16 p.m., it said that 5,256 customers were without power. Power was expected to be restored around 9:30 p.m., but […]