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Augusta utility: early‑morning outage traced to snake in power‑plant switch yard
Summary
City utility officials told the Augusta City Council that an electrical outage early Saturday was caused when a snake contacted live equipment in the Plant No. 2 switch yard; crews restored power after closing and reenergizing two intertied transformers.
Tim Johnson, Augusta’s utility director, told the City Council on July 20 that crews traced an early‑morning, citywide electrical outage to a snake that contacted equipment in the switch yard at Power Plant No. 2.
Johnson said the city began receiving outage reports at about 1:42 a.m. on Saturday and that plant staff and distribution crews responded. "At approximately 01:42AM, Saturday, we began receiving numerous calls…about outages throughout the city," Johnson said. He told the council that by about 2:05 a.m. Superintendent Mark Cain and power plant operator Cody Warner were on site and found the tie to…
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