Massive Power Outage Across Ames
About half of Ames Electric customers lost power Tuesday afternoon.
Half of City of Ames electric customers lost power Tuesday afternoon due to a construction accident, a release from the City of Ames said. The power cut out about 4 p.m. but power was rerouted leaving customers in the dark for only about 20 minutes. Another utility working near the Des Moines tie-in line between Ames and Ankeny disrupted power, the release said. Ames Electric Services was using power from the tie-in line while the city was conducting maintenance at the Ames Power Plant. After the power outage was reported Ames re-routed power through the Boone tie-in line. The other tie-in line was expected to go through repairs and resume power supply late Tuesday, a transition that customers wouldn't notice. Anyone needed to report a…
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