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WPSstorm

  1. Oshkosh power restored. Have a great Memorial Day from WPS.
  2. Outage reported in Oshkosh. Crews dispatched & looking for cause. No restoration time is available yet until cause is determined.
  3. Additional crews assisting with Wabeno outage. Restoration estimated early AM. Your patience is appreciated.
  4. crews continue to make progress with the Wabeno area outage. Restoration will be late evening Thanks for your patience and to the crews.
  5. WPS crews continue to work on restoring power in the Wabeno area. Challenging as crews needed to transport equip via boat.
  6. American Transmission Company has issues with two lines in Wabeno area. More than 4000 WPS customers are affected.
  7. Storms blew thru Marinette County across Bay an into Door County. 16 outages, 1100 out in DC, 29 outages 500 out in MC. Storms have left us.
  8. WPS made great progress today. Crews been clearing debris & repairing damaged lines. All customers should have power restored by early eve.
  9. Power restoration continues. WPS wants to thank our media friends & followers for the retweets & promoting the WPS safety messages.
  10. Progress made last nite thanks to all the employees who worked thru the nite. More crews have been sent to the hardest hit areas to assist
  11. Around 3000 customers without power in mainly small outages. Minocqua is hardest hit with 1000 still out. Follow restoration at WPS website
  12. @cfdearl Thanks for caring about the WPS employees. Everyone is working hard to get power restored and keep everyone safe.
  13. Last tweet for night. 12,000 out. Wausau, Minocqua, Eagle River, Antigo, Wausaukee, Rhinelander hardest hit. Check WPS website 4 updates.
  14. 12,300 still out. 390 outages. All crews working, tho some must rest at 11. Some customers will be out until late tomorrow.
  15. More than 14,000 out in 300+ outages. T-storms coming west.Some customers will be out until late tomorrow. All available crews working.
  16. Storm related outages often affect hundreds of customers at once when a falling tree or limb causes a short in an entire circuit
  17. 11,600 out of power at 4:30. follow outages at wisconsinpublicservice.com/outagesummary/…
  18. We are getting reports that power lines are down. If you come across down lines please do not touch them. Assume they are energized.
  19. High winds over 40mph coming thru the WPS service territory soon. Already seeing outages in Door Cty due to wind. Stay away from down lines
  20. Power has been restored in Town of Two Rivers. The predicted high winds could cause power outages thru out the day and evening. Stay safe!