Residents, Clark chill planned power outage
April 9. Duke Energy and ElectriCities have postponed plans for an eight-hour power outage planned for Sunday, April 19 so that Duke could make repairs.
Residents who have stocked up during the stay-at-home order were concerned that refrigerated food might spoil. Refrigerators will keep food safely cold for about four hours if unopened during a power outage.
NC Rep. Clark
“Given the extreme pressure everyone is under, having to worry about food spoiling is not an added financial and emotional stress they should be asked bear,” said NC Rep. Christy Clark
Duke Energy responded quickly:
“The outage was to repair some failed meter banks. Duke Energy is going to postpone the work until fall,” a spokesperson said. The meter banks failed last fall.
About 3,900 customers would have been affected.
ElectriCities provides power to Antiquity, neighborhoods along Catawba Avenue and Bailey Glen among other areas.
Energy United and Duke also serve parts of Cornelius.
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My sincere thanks to Town Manager, Andrew Grant and Don Mitchell, our local Electricities Manager, who worked tirelessly with Duke Energy to facilitate this delay on the request of numerous East Cornelius citizens. It totally made sense to delay and I am grateful for this good decision and local efforts.
Mayor Woody Washam
EXCELLENT WORK REP CLARK!!! That’s some common sense thinking which is sorely lacking these days. 3900+ cornelius residents thank you!!!