Power cut!

[SMosher]

Sorry Team! No APC backup battery would have helped during this one.
We are back online and ready to serve!

[SMosher]

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010

Power out in wide area of Modesto



Bee Staff Reports - local@modbee.com

A large swath of north Modesto is out of power because a Modesto Irrigation District substation went down.
It’s not clear yet what caused the outage, MID spokeswoman Kate Hora said. It began at 6:38 p.m. The MID is working to transfer electricity demand to other substations, and the lights could back on about 7:40 p.m.
Traffic lights are out along Oakdale Road north of Scenic Avenue and along Briggsmore Avenue east of Coffee Road. Police have dispatched officers to help direct traffic.



An MID official at the district’s control station said crews are working to restore power, but it isn’t clear when it will be back.
One of the two transformers at the same substation failed on Dec. 23, according to an MID report at its last Board of Directors meeting. The district had begun preparing the site to replace the transformer.

[speedy00one]

you sure you just didn't forget to pay your bill, all is fine over here in Ceres. Time to put those hamsters to work. Hope power is back up soon it sucks having no power.

[elee07SE]

Didn't notice was at work....

[TALON]

I was wondering what had happened when I couldn't log on.

Glad to see everything is OK!!!

Ken

[SMosher]

Monday, Jan. 18, 2010

Two-hour power outage disrupts Modesto traffic



Bee Staff Reports - local@modbee.com
A large swath of north Modesto lost power Monday night because a Modesto Irrigation District substation went down.


It wasn't clear what caused the outage, MID spokeswoman Kate Hora said. It began at 6:38 p.m., and about two-thirds of the district’s 2,000 accounts that lost power had electricity restored by 8:10 p.m. All service was restored around 8:35.
The blackout made for dangerous driving in busy intersections. Police guided traffic along Oakdale Road and Briggsmore Avenue when street lights went dark.



Modesto Bee - ADM GOLUB/ adgolub@modbee.com Modesto Police Officer Robert Hall lights road flares at the intersection of Briggsmore Avenue and Oakdale Road during a power outage on Monday, January 18, 2010. A Modesto Irrigation District substation went down causing power to be lost at 6:38 p.m. to Traffic lights along Oakdale Road north of Scenic Avenue and along Briggsmore Avenue east of Coffee Road.





One of the two transformers at the same substation failed on Dec. 23, according to an MID report at its last Board of Directors meeting. The district had begun preparing the site — its Oakdale substation at the intersection of Oakdale Road and Briggsmore — to replace the transformer, Hora said.
The MID restored power to most of its customers Monday night by re-routing the demand to other substations, Hora said.




Read more: http://www.modbee.com/featured/story/1013030.html#ixzz0d4Ld4a3T

[J12_300]

Just had a power outage here in Elk Grove on Wednesday....Power just came back online...off for about 1.5 hours!!!