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Tuesday 8th October 2024

Excessive Air Conditioner Use Believed to be Reason for Outages in Altoona

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Several power outages occurred off and on yesterday within a mile-long stretch of Pleasant Valley Boulevard. Reportedly the outages would be intermittent and would last for a few seconds, occurring at regular intervals. Officials with Penelec say a defective relay at their substation near the Park Hills Plaza was the problem, and has been repaired. It’s believed excessive air conditioner use caused the issue at the substation.

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