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September 20, 2006

NHP Power Outage

Power is out for about 2,500 Duke Energy customers in north High Point this afternoon.

Electricity went off about 1 p.m., Duke Energy spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said. It may take until 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. to restore. Duke Energy crews were working to find the location of the problem and once they find it, the estimated time for restoration could change.

Update: That was fast. The power's back on. Hey, at least it was worth learning about that handy Duke Energy outage tool down below. Police said the outage was caused by a construction crew digging.

The outage has cut power to several stop lights along Wendover Avenue in High Point.

Most of High Point is served by the city’s electric utility company, but a portion of north High Point is served by Duke Energy.

Sheehan said residents can call 1-800-POWER-ON to report their outage and find out if the estimated restoration time has changed. The company’s Web site has a page at which people can see how many customers are without power by county.

Posted by Jonathan Jones at September 20, 2006 1:53 PM