CEC reports cause of power outage

PERRYVILLE — Several Citizens Electric Corporation members in the area of Route C and Sawmill Road in Ste. Genevieve County reported blinks prior to a power outage Thursday night.

 

Citizens Electric officials said the outage was caused by a mechanical failure on a regulator serving the distribution circuit that supplies power to the Lake Seven Falls area.

 

A new regulator was put in service to restore power.

 

One hundred ninety members were without power from 8:13 p.m. to 9:50 p.m.

 

Regulators on a distribution circuit ensure that the proper voltage is supplied to each member.