NewsCentral & Southern Arizona NewsCasa Grande News

Actions

Power restored to 7,000 Casa Grande residents after hours-long outage Sunday

Casa Grande Power Outage.JPG
Posted at 5:31 AM, Sep 08, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-08 10:58:57-04

CASA GRANDE — Power has been restored in Casa Grande after an outage caused over 7,000 APS customers to lose power for over three hours Sunday morning.

Over 7,000 APS customers lost power around 4:50 a.m. Sunday morning due to a "service interruption to a major power line," according to the APS power outage map.

APS' outage map showed the number of residents without power to be around 6,100, but according to Suzanne Trevino, a spokesperson for APS, the number was closer to 7,000.

According to Trevino, the outage was due to an issue at APS' East Gate Substation, but crews on scene were unable to determine exactly what caused the outage.

The following areas were affected by the outage:

Boundary: Kortsen Road to Florence Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue to Henness Road
Estimated customers impacted: 1733

Boundary: Cottonwood Lane to Florence Boulevard and Colorado Street to Arizola Road
Estimated customers impacted:

Boundary: Storey Road to Doan Street and Arizola Road to Cox Road
Estimated customers impacted: 2376

Boundary: McMurray Boulevard To Florence Boulevard and Colorado Street to Henness Road
Estimated customers impacted: 500

Boundary: Florence Boulevard to Hanna Road and Peart Road to Sunland Gin Road
Estimated customers impacted: 377

For real-time updates on the power outage, click here.