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Cottonwood Falls Residents Urged to Conserve Power
Failed transformer needs repairs; estimated to take until 6 p.m. Thursday.
Reporter: KAKE News Email Address: news@kake.com |
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Westar Energy is asking customers in Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Elmdale and Clements to conserve electricity on Thursday, July 23, because of needed repairs to a transformer. About 750 Cottonwood Falls customers lost power at about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday because a substation transformer failed.
Westar Energy dispatchers were able to transfer customers to a Strong City substation, restoring power to a majority of customers at about 5:45 p.m. However, the company wants to ensure that the Strong City substation can support electricity needs tomorrow while repairs and subsequent testing of the transformer are completed.
Westar Energy is asking that during this time, customers in Cottonwood Falls, Strong City, Elmdale and Clements perform only essential tasks, increase thermostat settings five to ten degrees or turn off the air conditioner completely if no one will be at home.
Crews estimate that the transformer repairs could take until 6 p.m. Thursday.
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