Kenai outage caused by failed insulator

Published 11:27 pm Thursday, October 30, 2014

Portions of Kenai lost power around 6:20 Wednesday night. Homer Electrical Association Spokesperson Joe Gallagher said that 1, 947 meters were affected by the outage.

“It was related to a problem with an insulator, which is a piece of equipment on a power pole that is basically heat protection,” Gallagher said. “The insulator failed, and that’s what caused the outage.”

The failed insulator was located near Little Ski Mo’s Burger-N-Brew restaurant on the Kenai Spur Highway. “Our crews responded quickly, and we had the power back on in about an hour,” Gallagher said.

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