The company reminds customers to treat all downed wires as live and dangerous. Rocky Mountain Power encourages all customers to follow the advice of state and county emergency management officials, and be prepared with adequate food, water, back-up batteries, power banks etc., in case of loss of essential public services for up to 72 hours. More information and a diagram about this are available on the company’s website. Rocky Mountain Power works with local municipal authorities to coordinate any required inspections in these cases, so delays in restoring service are minimized. If damaged, this must be repaired by a qualified electrician hired by the homeowner. While their electric meter is utility property, the meter base and the overhead service mast on the home belongs to the homeowner. Estimated restoration times for the affected range from midnight to noon Wednesday.Ĭustomers should also be aware of damage to customer-owned equipment that can occur during storms like these. most customers have been restored to service, with approximately 75 customers still affected in Cache Valley, Wasatch County and the south of Richfield. Crews responded to hundreds of locations where tree limbs had broken, taking down power lines.īy 7 p.m.
Overnight, some 13,000 customers were out of service due to heavy snow accumulating on trees which had yet to drop their leaves. SALT LAKE CITY - Rocky Mountain Power repair crews made good progress Tuesday restoring service to customers affected by early snowfall in central and northern Utah.