Key Causes of Power Outages
- Trees, limbs or branches knocked down by wind, snow or ice into power lines.
- Lightning striking a transformer or other electrical facilities.
- Car accidents where utility poles are knocked over or sway enough to knock the lines together and trip off the circuit.
- Equipment overload, especially on hot days when air conditioning usage is high, or during extremely cold weather when electric heaters are turned up throughout the electrical system.
- Digging too close to lines or cutting a line.
- Animals that contact the lines.
- Circuit overloads within your own home. Check your fuses and breakers first. If they continue to trip off, call a local electrician to handle the problem.
