SMUD Gives Estimated Time For Full Power Restoration After Downtown Fire

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Sacramento Municipal Utility District said powerfulness should beryllium afloat restored by 6 a.m. Friday to those impacted by this week’s detonation and occurrence astatine a downtown Sacramento substation.

The outage was caused by a occurrence astatine SMUD Substation A successful downtown Sacramento Tuesday morning. The inferior said overmuch of downtown Sacramento is served by 3 networks from that substation.

Around 1,300 customers, including businesses and authorities buildings, were near powerless wrong a six-block radius.

SMUD said Networks 1 and 3 were restored by 9 a.m. Wednesday, and 550 customers connected Network 2 volition stay without powerfulness until Friday’s expected restoration.

Network 2 reportedly suffered extended harm successful the fire.

According to SMUD, powerfulness volition statesman transferring backmost to those connected Network 2 astatine astir 1 a.m. Friday. The transportation is expected to beryllium implicit by 6 a.m.

During that five-hour span, SMUD said customers connected Network 3 — 66 residential and 112 businesses — volition spot their powerfulness shutoff arsenic the last measurement to afloat restoration involves ensuring the networks are tied successful to 1 another.

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SMUD said they are reaching retired to impacted customers by telephone and cautioned against utilizing generators during that five-hour span, advising they beryllium turned disconnected by midnight to debar complications successful the powerfulness restoration effort.