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Power restored to 9K Westerly residents
Substation problem to blame for outage
Updated: Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012, 12:32 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012, 12:04 PM EDT
WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) - National Grid is looking into what caused thousands of customers to lose power in Westerly Tuesday.
Shortly before noon, a check of the Real-Time Power Outage Map showed more than 9,000 customers had lost power.
National Grid said the Canal St. substation lost power for a brief time, causing customers to also lose power.
The power company said power had been restored by 12:05 pm. It does not know yet what caused the substation problem.
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