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News Release
Raccoon in Wenatchee Substation causes power outage
Chelan County PUD
News Release
10/22/2009
About 2,800 Chelan County PUD customers were without power for about an hour early this morning in downtown Wenatchee after a raccoon apparently climbed into the Wenatchee Substation on Columbia Street and triggered protective equipment to shut down the substation.
First reports of the outage came in about 2 a.m. The outage affected customers from Stevens to Fifth Street between Columbia and Chelan Avenue including the Chelan County Courthouse. Power was restored by about 3 a.m.
PUD crews sent to the substation to investigate reported finding a dead raccoon near the metal support structure for a circuit breaker.
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Outage information is available 24/7 on the PUD outage information line at 1-877-783-8123. Information about major power outages is also posted on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CCPUD.
Kimberlee Craig
Public information officer
Chelan County PUD
Wenatchee, WA
(509) 661-4320, office
(509) 679-6858, mobile
kimberlee.craig@chelanpud.org