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Old 12-11-2012, 08:25 AM
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It was probably "euipment failure" at the SECO substation. Everything south of CR466 is underground. No poles to hit. Could be a cable, transformer or circuit breaker failure. May have been an animal or a HUMAN that made "contact" with a high voltage line. (7 years working on line crews. 24 years working as a system operator controlling the local grid.)
I called SECO , ( since I haven't pd a first bill & was paranoid that I was shut off ) !!! haha.. For the record, I was told it was a transformer.. the best part , was SECO called me back a few hours later to be sure my power was back on.. Beautiful customer service , from beginning to end.