Several outages are causing major power losses in the throughout the area. Rocky Mountain Power says over 3,900 residents in Stansbury Park and its surrounding areas are currently affected. "So we’ve just had kind of a perfect storm, you might say, with all the dry weather and the fires and all that it’s made the situation a little worse. STANSBURY PARK, Utah (ABC4) A massive power outage has left thousands without electricity in areas throughout Stansbury Park on Thursday evening. “It’s a cake almost that’s on top of all the equipment that’s on the polls and it makes it even worse," said Jasen Lee with Rocky Mountain Power. Then, when you add an intense amount of water very quickly, like the rain storms we’re experiencing, it can cause those lines to overload and rupture or catch fire.
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The outage will last approximately 1.5-2 hours. to re-route the west campus electrical service. Officials with Rocky Mountain Power said after long periods of extremely hot and dry weather, coupled with pollution like all the smoke we’ve had in the air, those particles gather on the power lines and boxes. The University of Wyoming Physical Plant and Rocky Mountain Power have scheduled a power outage today, Monday, Aug. In some cases they were downed power lines or power poles that had sparked.
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Rocky Mountain Power crews were out at multiple locations dealing with several smaller, power outages as well. Rocky Mountain Power reports thousands of homes in northern Utah were without power, with most of the outages were concentrated around Ogden, Salt Lake City and the Delta area. Ryan Daley Wind damage in Millcreek Wednesday Aug. BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KUTV) Residents in a Bountiful neighborhood were without electricity Tuesday morning after a power pole caught fire, authorities stated.