The southern portion of Tooele City woke without power Wednesday while crews repaired wire connections that had come loose.
The power outage began at 3:43 a.m. when line connections became loose, cutting power to 2,500 customers, said Margaret Oler, a spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Power.
“There were some connections where the line is connected into equipment that had to be repaired — they had come loose,” she said. “The repairs were completed and power was restored to customers.”
The outage predominantly affected portions of the city south of Utah Avenue. Power was restored at 7:47 a.m.
Oler said the loose connections were the product of time and weathering on the equipment.
“The connections are out in the weather, and they’re exposed to the sun and the wind and the rain and the snow,” she said. “It was just something that occurred over time and [crews] responded just as quickly as it happened and got it taken care of.”
This is the second power outage in the county to cut the lights for more than 2,000 customers. On Aug. 22, a pole fire and burned cross arm in the Stansbury Park-Lake Point area took out power for 2,425 customers in the northeast corner of the county for just over two hours.