{"id":7995,"date":"2014-06-18T17:08:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madtowntraffic.com\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2014-06-23T05:55:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T10:55:29","slug":"latest-update-mge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madtowntraffic.com\/latest-update-mge\/","title":{"rendered":"LATEST UPDATE FROM MG&#038;E:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #222222;\">Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) reports about<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">58 separate outages affecting about 950 electric customers as of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aBn\" style=\"color: #222222;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_631005257\"><span class=\"aQJ\">4 p.m.<\/span><\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The number of customers without power is down from about 8,000 following<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">the storm earlier this morning. MGE expects to have power restored to the<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">remaining customers by the end of the day.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Many of the remaining outages are scattered and small. The damage may<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">affect only a couple customers per site, which means a longer restoration<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">process overall.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">MGE will have crews working through the night. MGE is receiving mutual<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">assistance from Wisconsin Public Service Corporation in Green Bay and from<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">additional contract crews. This increase in our workforce will allow us to<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">complete power restoration by the end of the day.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">MGE crews and contractors restored power to about 6,400 customers\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aBn\" style=\"color: #222222;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_631005258\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">following the first round of storms. The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aBn\" style=\"color: #222222;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_631005259\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0morning storm caused<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">more separate outages than the storm that rolled in early\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"aBn\" style=\"color: #222222;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_631005260\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u00a0morning.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Customers who have not yet reported a loss of power should call MGE at<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">252-7111 to report an outage.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Never approach a downed power line or anything that comes in contact with<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">it. Always presume a power line is energized and extremely dangerous.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Report downed lines at 252-7111.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) reports about58 separate outages affecting about 950 electric customers as of\u00a04 p.m.The number of customers without power is down from about 8,000 followingthe storm earlier this morning. 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