EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Thousands of El Paso Electric customers are without power on Tuesday afternoon amid heavy rain.
According to El Paso Electric’s outage map, as of 5:06 p.m. on Tuesday, multiple outages are reported, with 4,403 customers without power in Northeast El Paso
The outages come as heavy rain continues to hit across the borderland on Tuesday.
According to EP Electric’s outage map, there are 29 outages across the borderland, with an estimated restoration time listed at 7:45 p.m.
In a statement to KFOX14/CBS4, EP Electric said the outages are weather-related and that they activated a response plan to restore service.
“The outages are weather-related. We anticipated impacts from today’s storms and activated an incident response plan earlier today to deal with the impacts. Crews are assigned and working to restore service as safely and efficiently as possible. We have no further details at this time. We appreciate customers’ patience as our teams work through the conditions,” an EP Electric spokesperson said.
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