Momentary Outages

Electric circuits in both your home and in our electric delivery system are designed to carry a specific amount of electricity. Too much electricity can overload and damage the circuits.

In your home there are fuses or circuit breakers that detect overloads and shut down the circuit before damage occurs. Similarly, we install fuses in our power lines to shut them down when overloaded.





Using these automated devices can result in brief interruptions of a second or two. We understand these can be inconvenient and can require you to reset digital clocks, but without them longer outages would result, causing even greater inconvenience.

Investments we've made in advanced meters in recent years allow us to look for trends in momentary interruptions across our system and identify potential problems before they result in sustained outages.

This information helps us continue to improve our delivery system, striking the best balance between minimizing momentary interruptions and sustained outages, while protecting the electrical equipment that serves you.