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• Superdome commission eyes change to power system

  February 27, 2013 4:01 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The panel that runs Louisiana's Superdome has approved spending up to $100,000 for a study of possible enhancements of the stadium's emergency power systems. Dome manager Doug Thornton says emergency systems worked well during the Super Bowl - when a problem traced to a utility company's... more »

• CSU working on power outage

  January 20, 2013 11:05 AM

  About 1,700 Colorado Springs Utilities customers are out of power Sunday morning. CSU is reporting about 1,700 hundred customers affected in central and northern Colorado springs, near the N. Academy Blvd. area. No word yet on what is causing the outage. CSU is working on the problem now.... more »

• Power outages affect parts of Colorado Springs

  August 2, 2012 5:55 AM

  At least 750 Colorado Springs Utilities customers are experiencing electrical problems this morning due to electrical failure. It's near the Vickers and Dublin. CSU says the repairs could take 3 to 4 hours. more »

• No power means no 4th celebrations for thousands

  July 4, 2012 5:21 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic are preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning. Power outages from Friday's storm altered planned celebrations in a host of ways and left powerless... more »

• Power outage continues

  May 11, 2012 11:44 AM

  Power is still out for many people along Fountain Blvd. near Mallard and not far from Chelton. Colorado Springs utilities reports there are about 520 customers without electricity. more »

• Car hitting pole causes power outage in Colorado Springs

  October 18, 2011 8:51 AM

  Colorado Springs Police says a car running into a light pole is to blame for a power outage that happened a little after 10:30 last night. Power was out for hours west of Cimarron Street. That includes the area of St. Vrain Street and West Kiowa Street Part of... more »

• Power outage in Canon City

  September 14, 2011 9:44 PM

  More than 2,000 people in Canon City are without power right now. We are waiting for a call back from Black Hills Energy on the cause and when the power will be restored. more »

• 43,000 remain in the dark a week after Irene

  September 4, 2011 8:56 PM

  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - More than 43,000 households and business along the Eastern Seaboard that lost power during Irene remain without it a week after the storm. Most were in Connecticut, which had about 17,000 customers without power Sunday evening. Virginia had fewer than 12,000 still in the dark.... more »

• Power has been restored to nearly 2000 customers in El Paso County

  September 3, 2011 5:24 PM

  Mountain View Electric has announced that power has been restored to nearly 200 customers in eastern El Paso County after an electrical storm caused damage to transmission lines near Peyton. Earlier Saturday morning power was lost as a result of damage done from an electrical storm late Friday night. ... more »

• Late night lightning and high winds possibly to blame for power outage

  September 3, 2011 2:18 PM

  A late night electrical storm and high winds could be to blame for a power outage in Eastern El Paso County Saturday morning. At about 11:00 calls flooded into Mountain View Electric reporting what is now known to be a major power outage affecting at least 2000 customers in the... more »

• Pigeon causes power outage in Greeley

  July 30, 2011 12:07 PM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A pigeon that flew into a Greeley power line left thousands without power and even put lights on the blink at the Weld County Fair. The pigeon collision happened Friday morning when three power lines were damaged after the bird flew into a power line.... more »

• Power outage in Manitou Springs

  July 7, 2011 4:22 PM

  About 200 homes in Manitou Springs are waiting for electricity to be restored. It went out just before 2:00 p.m. as heavy storms were passing through El Paso County. Colorado Springs Utilities has a crew working on it, and they hope to have power restored within the hour. more »

• Power outage in Broadmoor area

  May 15, 2011 5:00 PM

  Colorado Springs Utilities has confirmed there is a power outage in the Broadmoor area. The outage is affecting around 19 homes. CSU says power should be restored in about 3 hours. more »

• Suspected drunk driver takes out power pole & 3 parked cars

  May 7, 2011 1:32 PM

  The power has been restored to all of the roughly 2,000 Colorado Springs Utilities customers who were temporarily left in the dark at around 2:20 a.m. Saturday when a van veered of the road along Delta Drive crashed into a power pole. Mark Murphy of Colorado Springs Utilities says... more »

• Power outage puts short delay on some Easter celebrations

  April 24, 2011 2:41 PM

  Colorado Springs Utilities has notified News First 5 of a massive power outage covering most of Southeastern Colorado Springs. A Utilities spokesperson said this is the largest outage in recent history and the sheer area of the outage was too vast to name all the bordering streets to give an... more »

• Downed power line causes outage in Knob Hill

  March 27, 2011 8:34 AM

  The heavy wet, snow Sunday morning has caused a power outage in the central part of Colorado Springs. A spokesperson for Colorado Springs Utilities says that a the weather is likely to blame for a downed power line in the area of Bennett Avenue and Yampa Street in the Knob... more »

• Woodland Park outage: lights back on

  March 8, 2011 10:11 PM

  The power is back on in Woodland Park after a transformer blew. Power was out to just about everyone in the city---including the Police Department---for just about an hour. more »

• Woodland Park power outage

  March 8, 2011 9:12 PM

  A transformer has blown in Woodland Park leaving people and businesses in the dark. The Woodland Park Police department is also without power. We're told it will take 45 minutes to an hour to repair. If you need emergency services, 911 will get you to the Teller County Sheriff's Office... more »

• Power restored in Northeast Colorado Springs

  February 1, 2011 10:40 PM

  The power is back on in Northeast Colorado Springs after a car hit a transformer near Woodman and Austin Bluffs. About 1,500 people were without power and heat for about two hours in these bitter temperatures. The power returned around 7 p.m. more »

• Power, cable, phones cut in Pueblo neighborhood

  July 20, 2010 3:11 PM

  A distracted driver who told police that her ashtray fell out onto the floor of her car, crashed into a utilities hub, knocking out phones and cable to part of the Belmont neighborhood in Pueblo. She sheared off a utility pole, coming to rest on top of the stump. The... more »

• Storm cleanup underway in Kansas City

  July 12, 2010 4:39 PM

  Thousands of Kansas City residents started their day without power, after a powerful storm slammed the southside of the city Sunday. Homes were damaged by falling trees or limbs, which also blocked roads. The same area was hit by a devastating tornado in 1957, that killed 37 people.... more »

• Substation fire in Denver

  June 7, 2010 10:55 PM

  Xcel in Denver is working to restore power to thousands of people after a fire at a power substation. It happened around 6:30 p.m. near 14th and Jackson. The fire could be seen for miles around the city. Our sister station 9News says thousands of people are without... more »

• Suspected drunk driver hits transformer near Memorial Hospital

  April 7, 2010 2:14 PM

  A drunk driver hit a utility box, triggering Memorial Hospital 's back-up power and knocking out power to about 8000 homes. It happened on Boulder St. near Logan Ave. Springs police say the driver jumped the curb, ran into the transformer and was arrested for driving under the influence.... more »

• Car crash causes power outage

  March 14, 2010 8:27 AM

  Early Sunday morning, at around 1 a.m., the Colorado Springs Police dispatch was notified of a traffic crash on Nevada Avenue at Cheyenne Road which involved a power outage. The investigation revealed that a vehicle was speeding, going southbound, on Nevada Ave when the driver lost control and struck... more »

• Power restored in much of storm-battered Northeast

  March 1, 2010 3:55 PM

  The lights are back on for many of the million-plus customers in the Northeast affected by a storm last week that dealt the region snow, rain and hurricane-force winds. New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch on Monday called restoration efforts "the most rapid" he's ever seen. On Friday, about 360,000... more »

• 3 people die in Detroit house fire

  January 5, 2010 11:21 AM

  Three people are dead after an early-morning fire swept through a Detroit home whose power had been out for months. A fourth person survived by jumping from an upstairs window. Family members confirmed the deaths and the escape. A message seeking comment was left with the Detroit fire department. Delores... more »

• Pueblo power outage blamed for rollover crash

  January 4, 2010 9:06 AM

  A three-hour power outage in Pueblo is being blamed for a rollover crash that ejected a young girl. Lights were out in downtown Pueblo for about three hours Sunday. Police say traffic lights weren't working at an intersection around midday when a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo hit a Chevrolet Blazer.... more »

• PPCC Centennial campus closed

  December 11, 2009 2:22 PM

  Pikes Peak Community College's Centennial campus closed at noon Friday because of a power outage. It is closed for the day. All other campuses remain open. more »

• Power returned to residents on Dublin

  September 30, 2009 8:31 AM

  Colorado Springs Utilities say that the power is restored over the Dublin corridor Steve Barry of Colorado Springs Utilities says that the cause of the power outage was due to an underground cable failure. more »