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Early morning power outage in Penticton

Early morning power outage in Penticton | iNFOnews.ca
FILE PHOTO - An electrical substation is pictured in this file photo. Penticton city council will decide whether or not to extend the residential energy retrofit program until 2019. Photographer: Steve Arstad

PENTICTON – About 1,000 homes in Penticton were without power for about an hour and a half early this morning.

The City of Penticton says in a media release the power outage was in the northeast between Westiminster Avenue and Abbott Street going east and north to the city limits.

Nearly 1,000 customers lost power between 4:19 a.m. and 6 a.m., June 12, when electrical conductors came in contact with one another at MacMillan and Naramata Road.

“We are still patrolling our lines to determine the root cause of the contact. At this time we suspect a vehicle may have contacted a guy wire or a momentary fault may have caused the lines to touch,”  director of operations Mitch Moroziuk says in the release.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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