“Catastrophic failure”results in 7 hour outage in Coalmine area

By Kayleen Holder
Editor
An AEP representative reached out this week in response to our inquiries on the 7-hour outage in the Coalmine community last Thursday, October 29, calling it a “catastrophic failure” at the substation related to transmission line upgrades for the growing area, and several other issues compounding the problem.
We had several concerned residents reach out to the News, asking if it was related to the data center construction since it was right in that area, however, AEP assures customers that “the outage was attributed to equipment failure and was not caused by Rowan or its activities.”
An equipment failure at the AEP Texas Lytle Station resulted in an outage affecting approximately…LOGIN TO CONTINUE READING at www.devinenewsmembers.com. You will get instant access to our full E-edition, and begin getting the newspaper delivered to your home next week for $42 a year in Medina County. Support important local city, county, and school news like this!