Tag: power outage
Power Outage in Seldovia
by Joe Gallagher
UPDATE: Tuesday, December 30, 6:30 am – HEA is using the Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia to restore power to most of the HEA members affected by an outage last night. This morning the plant is providing power from Seldovia to McDonald Spit. There are 91 meters between McDonald Spit and McKeon Flats that remain without power this morning. Weather permitting, HEA crews will send a crew to the area this morning to make repairs.
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Monday, December 29, 11:30 pm – A power outage at 10:06 this evening has left 242 HEA members from Seldovia to McKeon Flats without power.
The Gerry Willard Generation Plant is currently providing power to a portion of Seldovia, but the area from the power plant out Jakolof Bay Road and over to McKeon Flats is without power and will remain so through the night.
Weather permitting, HEA crews will head to the area at 9:30 Tuesday morning to locate the cause of the outage and make repairs.
Joe Gallagher
Director of Member Relations
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-283-2324
907-398-3478 (cell)
HEA Experiences Peninsula Wide Outage
by Joe Gallagher
Homer Electric Association (HEA) members experienced a system wide power outage late Monday afternoon.
The outage started at 4:15 pm when a fault occurred on a high voltage transmission line that runs from the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Plant through Homer and on to Soldotna.
The fault appeared to take place somewhere between Bradley Lake and Diamond Ridge in Homer. The incident was serious enough to create a loss of voltage on the entire HEA system and resulted in an outage from Kachemak Bay north to Nikiski.
HEA was able to restore power to Nikiski, Kenai, Beaver Creek, Ridgeway, and Sterling by 5:45 pm and had restoration to the rest of the HEA system completed at 8:25 pm.
The duration and size of the outage was compounded by the fact that there are two transmission related construction projects underway. A small section of the transmission line between Soldotna and Funny River is out of service due to construction work at the HEA substation in Soldotna. In addition, both HEA and Chugach Electric are working on the transmission system between Soldotna and Cooper Landing. This situation complicated and delayed the restoration efforts from Soldotna south to Homer.
An overflight of the transmission line between Bradley Lake and Homer failed to locate any obvious cause for the fault on the line. Possibilities include a lightning strike, a tree on the line or a possible bird contact. HEA will continue to investigate the cause of the outage.
Seldovia City on Generation, No Power out of City
by Joe Gallagher
January 4, 2:15 pm – The Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia is currently on line and providing power to Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia. The area from the Gerry Willard Generation Plant to Jakolof Bay remains without power. HEA has a crew headed to Seldovia at this time in a pilot boat (helicopter unavailable due to bad weather conditions) and will arrive in Seldovia later this afternoon. Upon on arrival, the crew will patrol the line from Seldovia to Jakolof Bay to locate the fault on the power line and make repairs.
Joe Gallagher
Director of Member Relations
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-283-2324
907-398-3478 (cell)
HEA Working Hard to Keep the Lights On!
By Joe Gallagher
December 18, 10:45 pm – HEA crews have restored power to the St. Theresa Road and Edgington Road area between Soldotna and Sterling. Line crews are continuing to work on the outage off of Robinson Loop on Red Hill Street that is affecting 27 homes. There is also an outage in the Funny River Road area affecting four homes. On the south side of Kachemak Bay, power is out between Little Tutka Bay and McKeon Flats. The area from Little Tutka Bay to Nanwalek is currently being served by the Gerry Willard Generation Plant in Seldovia.
Joe Gallagher
Director of Member Relations
Homer Electric Association
Kenai, AK 99611
907-398-3478 (cell)
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