Power restored to Greenwood Duke Energy customers after squirrel accessed substation
Claire RaffordUpdate: Power was restored to the impacted customers in Greenwood as of Tuesday evening, according to Duke Energy's outage map.
Previous Update: As of 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, over 2,400 customers remained without power, according to Duke Energy's outage map.
As of early Tuesday afternoon, over 3,200 Duke Energy customers in the Greenwood area were without power.
Crews responded to the outage just before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, McKenzie Barbknecht, spokesperson for Duke Energy, told IndyStar.
"They have been restoring service in phases to customers," Angeline Protogere, spokesperson with Duke Energy, told IndyStar.
The power outage was caused by a squirrel getting into a substation, which is a distribution point for power, and interfering with equipment, Protogere said.
Usually, squirrels do not survive when such an event occurs, Protogere said.
"Little animals can cause big problems," Protogere said.
Power is expected to be restored to all customers by 4 p.m., according to Duke Energy's outage map.
This story will be updated.
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