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Show Garkane Schedules Outages Garkane customers living in Hatch, Spry, Cedar Mountain and Mammoth Creek will experience brief power interruptions this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 9-11 and again Monday and Tuesday, Oct 14 and 15. The outages will last approximately approxi-mately 10 minutes each morning around 9:00 and again each afternoon after-noon at around 4:30 p.m. as Garkane crews will conduct various switching switch-ing procedures to allow employees and contractors to replace 15 transmission powerline structures in the Hatch area under safer, de-energized conditions. According to Garkane's Assis- tant Manager, Carl Albrecht, the transmission line between Bryce Canyon and Hatch Mountain is the oldest line on Garkane's system and this maintenance project will help insure reliable service to the area. "We are replacing 15 poles in this stretch of line which are a badly weathered and damaged as a result of years of exposure to lightning and Mother Nature's elements," said Mr. Albrecht. "Although the short interruptions over a five-day period will cause some inconvenience, inconveni-ence, we much prefer to do preventative preven-tative maintenance now to avoid a major power outage later on," He concluded. |