FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The widespread utility infrastructure damage caused by the severe ice storm in southeast and south central North Dakota has been repaired. But, the cost of that damage is another story with early estimates around $15 million. Josh Kramer of the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives says that damage is spread out over six distribution…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – Cass County Electric Cooperative says customers could wait until the weekend or later for the full power system to be restored. CCEC estimates between 250 and 300 power poles broke during the Christmas Day ice storm. Repair efforts will depend on weather, road conditions and how much more damage crews find. Crews from Roughrider Electric, Mckenzie…
Outage Map as of 3pm 12/26FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County Electric Cooperative continues working to restore power after well over 150 outages were reported. Here is a look at the outage map for the co-op around 3 Tuesday afternoon. Several thousand members have been impacted by outages with the rural service areas hosting the bulk of the problems. Cass…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Some neighborhoods are experiencing power outages, leaving them without air conditioning during record breaking heat. Air conditioning, heating and electrical contracting company Robert Gibb and Sons is getting almost 100 calls a day, most dealing with air conditioning. The business says it normally gets half that amount of calls for service. “It’s been real hectic around…
UPDATE: At approximately 12:46 PM MPS had a widespread outage that affected 17,172 customers. The cause of the outage was due to a relay failure on the 115kV transmission line. Crews worked quickly and safely as possible to restore power by 1:02 PM. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciated your patience! MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) — There are…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say a Fargo woman was arrested for DUI Wednesday morning after she lost control of her vehicle and hit two utility poles in downtown Fargo. Around 5:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a crash on 1st Ave. N. and 11th St. N. More than 3100 Xcel Energy customers lost power after the car downed…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — More rolling blackouts are possible Tuesday night until 10 o’clock and Wednesday morning in Moorhead. Tina Kooren is one of approximately 9,800 people in Moorhead impacted by Tuesday’s rolling blackouts. She runs a home daycare and when the power went out at 10 a.m., she had eight kids to look after. “My main concern was just the…
UPDATE: Power is back in Moorhead. According to Moorhead Public Service. MPS experienced an outage that affected many areas of the city. As of 12:47 PM power has been restored, and crews are investigating the cause. We know that being without power is an inconvenience, and appreciated your patience. If you are experience no power, please call us at 218-477-8000….
FARGO, ND — Xcel Energy reports that more than 3,000 customers are currently without power. According to Xcel Energy the cause of the outage was a car striking a piece of Xcel’s equipment. The crash occurred at 25th street and 13th Avenue South. Customers should be seeing restoration of power after NOON. Categories: Community, Local News, North Dakota News Tags:…
FARGO, N.D. – Almost 170 Xcel Energy customers were in the dark after a power in South Fargo line was knocked down due to a tree fire. The Fargo Fire Department got a call around 5:00 Thursday night about a tree fire that had spread to a power line on 14th Street and 8th Avenue South. Courtesy: Xcel Energy Once…
