May 29, 2020 • EPE Related News
Far East El Paso Power Outage on Thursday, May 28
Far East El Paso Power Outage on Thursday, May 28
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KFOX14 / CBS4: Neighborhood in 79928 zip code without power
Story Link: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/neighborhood-in-79928-zip-code-without-power
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — More than 2,800 El Paso Electric customers are without electricity Thursday afternoon.
According to the utility company 2,893 customers around Eastlake Boulevard and Paseo Del Este Boulevard are affected.
The temperature is 97 degrees.
The outage was reported around 4: 05 p.m.
We will update this story once more information becomes available.
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KVIA ABC7 News: Unexplained outage left 2,900 without electricity in far east El Paso for hours in heat
EL PASO, Texas -- About 2,900 El Paso Electric customers were without power Thursday afternoon and evening for hours due to an unexplained outage in 90-degree weather.
The electrical outage was first reported about 4:15 p.m. in far East El Paso and utility officials said at that time that crews were working quickly to restore service.
Around 9 p.m. the problem was finally reflected as having been resolved, according to El Paso Electric's outage map.
The utility tweeted early on that the cause of the outage was under investigation. But it did not post any updates in the hours that followed, leaving residents in the heat without air conditioning to wonder what happened.