Storms moving through the area caused an interruption of service to approximately 3,000 Kosciusko REMC customers Friday afternoon.
According to a press release from KREMC, a suspected lightning strike disturbed NIPCSO's 69 transmission line, which serves NIPSCO customers and feeds KREMC's airport substation and Webster South substation.The outage started around 4:30 p.m. Friday. KREMC crews worked throughout the evening, restoring power to approximately 2,500 customers serviced by the airport substation by 8:30 p.m. As of press time Friday night, the Webster South substation was still out of service, impacting approximately 500 customers in the North Webster area. There is severe damage in the area, and crews continued working to restore power as soon as possible, according to the press release.
KREMC keeps updates regarding power outages on its Web site at www.kremc.com
Kosciusko REMC is a Touchstone Energy® electric cooperative serving more than 17,000 customers throughout Kosciusko County and into surrounding counties.
