"The best advice is to be prepared for either hot weather or cold weather, and have things ready to be able to whether those instances where an outage may be an extended period," said Eskelsen. Link cell phone with Rocky Mountain Power for updates.First Aid kit with essential medications.Officials suggest residents have the following items in case of a power outage: Rocky Mountain Power crews patrol lines to inspect for damage and hanging debris. However, the company says that if outages do occur, they are usually restored inside one or two hours. Power restoration: Extreme wildfire conditions have lessened. WATCH: How to stay safe during Utah heatwave "We do expect to be able to weather this hot weather this week without any problems, but that said, severe weather of any kind, whether it’s hot weather or cold weather or stormy weather, can produce outages and we stand ready to deal with those when they present themselves," Eskelsen said. Rocky Mountain Power says it gears up for this kind of extreme weather during periods of calm or normal temperatures, just so it can be ready when the system is really needed. "In hot weather, electricity use of all types goes up, so summer’s our peak," said Dave Eskelsen with Rocky Mountain Power, adding that the company delivers more energy during summer than at any other time of the year. HEAT FORECAST: Check how hot it will get in your neighborhood this week In 2009, all street lighting in town was upgraded to modern LED technology, making Oak City the first community in Utah to completely convert to this energy efficient form of lighting.SALT LAKE CITY - As a possible record-breaking heat wave grips Utah, officials with Rocky Mountain Power are asking residents to be prepared should an outage occur during the high temperatures. Street lighting along Main Street was first installed in 1967-68. Power was first turned on in January of 1926. A special bond election financed $10,000 to construct the power line to Delta. They considered three propositions: 1-A lower hydroelectric plant at Rocky Ridge, 2-An upper plant in the canyon, 3-Construction of a power line to connect to the Telluride Power Company at Delta.īecause of the high fluctuation of water flows from the canyon, a hydroelectric plant was deemed impractical. Oak City first began investigating the possibility of an electric power system in 1923. Oak City also owns a portion of the Intermountain Power Project. Power scheduling from these resources, and from additional pooled resources, is handled by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS). Oak City receives power from the Colorado River Storage Project (Glen Canyon Dam) and from the coal-fired Hunter II unit in Emery County. We receive power over a transmission line owned and maintained by Rocky Mountain Power. Dixie Power (formerly Flowell Electric) is under contract to provide operation, construction and maintenance of the distribution system. As citizens, YOU are the owners of the power system. Oak City owns and operates the electric distribution system within town. Their dispatch center is usually aware of most transmission system outages and automatically mobilizes a crew to respond. Their customer service cannot respond to outage reports within town. Please do not contact Dixie Power directly.ĭo not contact Rocky Mountain Power regarding any outage. More than 6,000 homes in Utah experienced power outages at some point Sunday after thunderstorms across the state resulted in widespread flash flooding.A few thousand Rocky Mountain Power customers in southern Utah lost power earlier in the evening. They are unable to respond directly to your requests, except in emergencies. All work performed by them is done only upon approval of Dave Steele or another member of the Town Council. IMPORTANT: Dixie Power (formerly Flowell Electric) is under contract for the operations and maintenance of our electric system. Letting us know the extent of an outage helps us determine how to respond.įor routine work, questions about new or existing service, please give Dave a call! Try to observe if the outage is just your service, or whether it involves neighbors or the whole community. ![]() Routine work/connections: Call Dave Steele, 43.ĭon’t hesitate to report an outage or other electrical emergency.
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