Lansing power outage caused by test gone wrong at Eckert substation

2022-05-28 13:48:34 By : Mr. Chengxing Packing

A power outage left over 19,000 customers without electricity Saturday afternoon, according to the Lansing Board of Water & Light's outage map.

BWL CEO Dick Peffley said the utility was performing routine testing at its Eckert substation when the entire substation tripped, cutting power a little after noon for thousands of customers, mostly in south Lansing.

As of 1:30 p.m., the outage map listed 18,606 customers without power.

Peffley said BWL will conduct an in-depth review next week to determine the cause of the issue. All outages had been restored by 1:45 p.m.

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