![]() ![]() They also planned to hang out at their son's house to escape the heat.īut they were bothered when they said Rocky Mountain Power told them the outage was "planned." Wendy and Mike took the insulin to their son's house nearby, in order to keep it cool. "Meanwhile there's about $1500 worth of insulin that my husband's dependent on." "The power company stated that it would be out when I called, until about 9 pm," she explained. Crews quickly got to work, and Costello said power was restored mid-morning.īut then Costello described a second phone call with RMP when the power again went out sometime after 1 pm. That outage was a complete surprise, including to Rocky Mountain Power.Ī Rocky Mountain Power spokesperson told Fox 13 that sudden equipment failure caused damage, leading to issues at the Roy substation. "At 6:30 this morning, both of our CPAPs stopped working," Costello recounted. Wendy and Mike Costello said the first electricity outage awoke them early Friday morning. More than 3,000 people didn't plan for it like this: No power the entire day, no way to cool off from the scorching heat, and no understanding of why RMP cut power in the first place. They knew triple-digit temps were coming, and they were ready - or so they thought. Neighbors living near the 3500 West 5600 South substation have been planning for the heatwave. READ: Utah may set all-time temperature record this weekendĬustomers tell Fox 13 RMP called this a "planned" outage but gave them no warning or time to prepare it. In 2009, all street lighting in town was upgraded to modern LED technology, making Oak City the first community in Utah to completely convert to this energy efficient form of lighting.ROY, Utah - Rocky Mountain Power is explaining why thousands of customers in Roy unexpectedly spent more than eight hours without any power during an intense heatwave and 100-degree temperatures. Street lighting along Main Street was first installed in 1967-68. Power was first turned on in January of 1926. A special bond election financed $10,000 to construct the power line to Delta. They considered three propositions: 1-A lower hydroelectric plant at Rocky Ridge, 2-An upper plant in the canyon, 3-Construction of a power line to connect to the Telluride Power Company at Delta.īecause of the high fluctuation of water flows from the canyon, a hydroelectric plant was deemed impractical. Oak City first began investigating the possibility of an electric power system in 1923. Oak City also owns a portion of the Intermountain Power Project. Power scheduling from these resources, and from additional pooled resources, is handled by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS). Oak City receives power from the Colorado River Storage Project (Glen Canyon Dam) and from the coal-fired Hunter II unit in Emery County. We receive power over a transmission line owned and maintained by Rocky Mountain Power. Dixie Power (formerly Flowell Electric) is under contract to provide operation, construction and maintenance of the distribution system. As citizens, YOU are the owners of the power system. Oak City owns and operates the electric distribution system within town. ![]() Their dispatch center is usually aware of most transmission system outages and automatically mobilizes a crew to respond. Their customer service cannot respond to outage reports within town. Please do not contact Dixie Power directly.ĭo not contact Rocky Mountain Power regarding any outage. They are unable to respond directly to your requests, except in emergencies. All work performed by them is done only upon approval of Dave Steele or another member of the Town Council. IMPORTANT: Dixie Power (formerly Flowell Electric) is under contract for the operations and maintenance of our electric system. Letting us know the extent of an outage helps us determine how to respond.įor routine work, questions about new or existing service, please give Dave a call! Try to observe if the outage is just your service, or whether it involves neighbors or the whole community. Routine work/connections: Call Dave Steele, 43.ĭon’t hesitate to report an outage or other electrical emergency.
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