PERRYVILLE – A power outage affecting 397 members of the Citizen Electric Corporation Thursday morning in Ste. Genevieve.
CEC spokesperson Kelli Behrle reported the outage began about 7:37 a.m. when an insulator failed and burned a wire down on Front Street, near the Ste. Genevieve Antique Mall.
That interrupted power from the Riverview Substation.
Power was restored around 8:45 a.m.
She said plans are in place for a line replacement in the coming weeks.