Wildlife activity causes early afternoon power outage in Elizabethton

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WCYB) — Wildlife activity at three Elizabethton Electric Department substations caused a large power outage Sunday afternoon.

According to the City of Elizabethton, three Elizabethton Electric Department substations lost power due to wildlife activity.

The outage impacted parts of Elizabethton, lower Stoney Creek, Watauga, and Biltmore.

Power was fully resorted by 1:30 p.m. and approximately 11,000 customers were impacted according to the city.

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UPDATE: The power outage in Elizabethton has been resolved according to the Elizabethton Electric System power outage map.

The cause of the outage is still unknown.

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Over 11,000 people are without power in Elizabethton according to the Elizabethton Electric System.

The Electric System’s power outage map, shows most of Elizabethton without power.

Poweroutage.us is reporting 11,059 people without power, with 10,641 of those in Carter County, 374 of those in Sullivan County, and 44 of those in Washington County.

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News 5 is still working to learn the cause of the outage.