PMPL employees work to locate and replace the blown connection elbow next to Petersburg Medical Center on Tuesday morning around 10:30.
A power outage occurred downtown Tuesday morning when an "elbow" near Petersburg Medical Center faulted.
The elbow that was damaged is a component used to connect and disconnect a circuit to the town's electrical system.
PMPL employees replaced the elbow and restored power in about 70 minutes.
Located next to PMC, it was an elbow that had been in service for decades. Utility Director Karl Hagerman noted that it "must have had a crack in it or some other issue as it made a circuit ... and caused a large fault." The fault occurred when PMPL crew were checking connections related to electrical wo...
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