The Board of Public Utilities has announced rolling power outages beginning today, according to a news release.
The BPU began to turn off electricity to customers at 12:10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, according to the news release.
Power was off to blocks of customers for about 40 minutes. After that, another block of customers is selected and power may cycle off, according to the BPU’s news release. This will rotate until the reduction is no longer required by the Southwest Power Pool, according to the BPU.
The power outages were requested by the Southwest Power Pool, according to the BPU. Extreme, extended temperatures have affected the regional power supply. The shorter, controlled outages are intended to avoid larger, uncontrolled and extended power outages throughout the region, according to the news release.
Those who are affected by the temporary rolling blackouts do not have to report the outages, according to the BPU. Instead, they can check the BPU’s outage map at http://outage.bpu.com for more information. All customers should be prepared for the potential for the periodic outages, a spokesman stated.
Anyone experiencing an outage lasting longer than 40 minutes may report the outage to www.bpu.com or call 913-573-9522.
Are they going to let us know in advance about planned power outages, or are we just gonna get surprised?
Yeah I haven’t seen plan either…. please post a plan of what sector and when