Power outages through area
Aug 10th, 2020
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
We Energies is reporting wide spread power outages throughout Western Kenosha County. At about 5:08 p.m., over 3,000 customers are being reported as out of power. Power restoration was estimated for 6:30 p.m. UPDATE 9:18 p.m. — Still showing over 3,000 customers in Western Kenosha County without power. Share20Tweet20 Shares
Power outage in Paddock Lake
Oct 4th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At about 8:10 p.m., We Energies is reporting a power outage affecting part of Paddock Lake. Not affected is Central High School, where the homecoming football game is being played (I drove by to check). We Energies says 99 customers are affected. My observations suggest the outage is affecting the neighborhood west of 248th Avenue […]
Power outage reported
Jul 6th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At about 11:38 a.m., We Energies is reporting 142 households without power in Salem and Paddock Lake. Most of those appear to be in Salem, with just a handful of households in Paddock Lake affected. No information on cause or restoration time is available at this point. At about 11:05 a.m., Salem Lakes Fire/Rescue responded […]
Power outages reported
Feb 6th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
With the renewal of icy precipitation falling from the sky have come more power outages in Western Kenosha County. At about 9 p.m., outages being reported by We Energies include: Wilmot area, 84 customers affected, cause not determined yet, awaiting assignment of crew. Brighton, 69 customers affected, cause not determined yet, crew on site. Share68Tweet68 […]
Area still experiencing powers outages
Feb 6th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
It has been a busy Wednesday for utility company crews in Western Kenosha County with power outages being repaired and popping up again throughout the area in the wake of Tuesday night’s ice/freezing rain snow. As of 2:45 p.m., we are getting reports of power being out in the Silver Lake area, including at Riverview […]
Power outages reported
Feb 5th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
We Energies is reporting power outages in Western Kenosha County likely related to the icy wet weather. Outages began to be reported in the area around 9:30 p.m. An outage in Trevor is affecting almost 1,600 customers. Another outage closer to the state line along Highway 83 is affecting another 100 customers. 40 customers are […]
Power outage in Twin Lakes
Jan 30th, 2019
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
Alliant Energy is reporting power outages affecting over 1,900 customers in the Twin Lakes area. The outrage started about 5:50 a.m., a tipster tells westofthei.com. Alliant says crews have been assigned to this outage. Here is a message from the Twin Lakes Police Department about a warming center: UPDATE 7:54 a.m. — We are getting […]
Power outage reported
Nov 25th, 2018
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At 7:58 p.m., We Energies is reporting a power outage cetnered in the Wilmot area. The outage is listed as affecting 169 customers. The cause has not yet been determined. UPDATE 9:36 p.m. — Cause now being reported as weather. Crew on scene. Share108Tweet108 Shares
Power outage reported
Aug 26th, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At about 5:55 a.m., we are experiencing a power outage at westofthei.com headquarters in northwest Paddock Lake. We Energies is currently saying there are two outages in the area affecting a small amount of customers. A crew has not been assigned yet and cause is unknown. UPDATR 6:05 a.m. — We Energies now saying 399 […]
Power outage in Salem
Jun 29th, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
We Energies is reporting a power outage centered in Salem. The outage is affecting 1,620 customers, at 6:33 p.m. We is attributing the outage to a tree. A crew to repair the situation has been assigned. UPDATE about 8:30 p.m. — We Energies showing this as resolved. ShareTweet0 Shares
Power outage in Bristol
May 30th, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
A power outage has hit a portion of Bristol as of about 6:40 p.m. We Energies is reporting the outage is due to a tree. A crew has been assigned to resolve the problem. UPDATE 8:26 p.m. — We Energies reporting outage resolved. ShareTweet0 Shares
Power outage centered in Bristol
May 9th, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At 7:55 a.m., We Energies is reporting a power outage centered at Highways 50 and 45 in Bristol. The cause is under investigation and 646 customers are being reported as affected. UPDATE 9:48 a.m. — Outage being reported as resolved. ShareTweet0 Shares
Scattered power outages
Jan 23rd, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
We Energies is reporting some scattered power outages, likely due to the snow fall, in Western Kenosha County Tuesday morning. At 8:21 a.m., outages are being reported in: Silver Lake, less than 5 customers affected. Camp Lake, less than 5 customers affected. Lake Shangri-la, 98 customersaffected. Rock Lake,less than 5 customers affected. Paddock Lake, 14customers […]
Power outage in Silver Lake; transformer fire in Wheatland
Jan 10th, 2018
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At about 6:40 p.m., We Energies is reporting a power outage centered in Silver Lake. Preliminary info on the utility’s outage map says there are two outages affecting less than five customers each, but based on social media response, it may be more widespread than that. UPDATE 6:43 p.m. — Kenosha County Scanner Facebook page […]
Power outage in area
Nov 20th, 2017
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At about 2:10 power is out at westofthei.com headquarters in Paddock Lake. We Energies is reporting seven outages centered between Burlington and Paddock Lake effecting over 1,600 customers. UPDATE 3:24 p.m. — Power back on at WOTI HQ. We Energies still reporting some outages in Western Kenosha County. UPDATE 3:39 p.m. — We Energies says […]
Power outage reported
Sep 26th, 2017
by Darren Hillock.2 comments
A We Energies power outage is affecting some Western Kenosha County residents as of about 12:10 p.m. The utility’s outage map shows the outage as centered in Burlington and affecting over 1800 customers. No word yet on the cause. westofthei.com headquarters in northwest Paddock Lake is affected. Let us know in comments where else you […]
UPDATE: Power back for some
May 27th, 2017
by Darren Hillock.2 comments
At about 8:45 a.m., we started getting reports that power is back on for some poeple in Western Kenosha County. Early reports were that Bristol residents had power. In Paddock Lake, westofthei.com headquarters had power again at about 8:45 a.m. Lilly Lake power back at about 9:49 a.m. UPDATE about 10:15 a.m. — We Energies […]
UPDATE: Power outage due to transmission feed failure
May 27th, 2017
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
The wide spread power outage that Western Kenosha County is experiencing Saturday morning is due to a lost feed from American Transmission Co., a We Energies spokesperson said. The outage is effcting over 11,000 We Energies customers and over 5,000 Alliant Energy customers in Kenosha County. We Energies lost power to a local substation due […]
Wide spread power outage effecting thousands here
May 27th, 2017
by Darren Hillock.1 comment
A wide spread power outage is effcting a large portion of Western Kenosha County on Saturday morning. The outage started aroubd 8 a.m. Outages have been reported to westofthei.com from Paddock Lake south to Trevor and as far west as Lilly Lake. We Energies says over 6,000 of its customers are out of power at […]
Downed line cause of Friday morning power outage
Jun 18th, 2016
by Darren Hillock.1 comment
Were you among the Western Kenosha County residentswho experienced a power outage early Friday morning? If you were wondering what was upsince weather — the usual culprit — was stable, here is an explanation from We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey: The outage was caused by a downed power line near 3400 376th Ave. around 4:30 […]
Power outages being reported here
Mar 16th, 2016
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
We Energies is reporting some power outages in Western Kenosha County this afternoon. At 2:30 p.m., We says there are multiple outages in the Trevor area affecting 60 customers. Power also went out at westofthei.com headquarters in north Paddock Lake at about 2:20 p.m. UPDATE 2:48 p.m. — Just received a automated call from We […]
Power outages hitting the area
Feb 19th, 2016
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
Power outages are hitting Western Kenosha County as strong winds buffet the area. As of 2:25 p.m., We Energies is reporting over 1,100 customers effect by outages in Trevor, Salem, Silver Lake, Paddock Lake and Paris. Some of those outages are still under investigation and some have been attributed to tree contact with power lines. […]
Power out in Brighton and Paris
Nov 9th, 2015
by Darren Hillock.1 comment
We Energies is reporting a power outage in Paris and Brighton, affecting about 400 candidates. Inlcuded in that blackout area is Brighton School, where a couple of town meetings are being held tonight. It hasn’t hurt attendance. Over 100 people were in the cafeteria as the meeting started with Sheriff David Beth’s car headlights shining […]
Power outage in Paddock Lake and ?
Oct 26th, 2015
by Darren Hillock.3 comments
Power went out in the northwest portion of Paddock Lake at about 6:48 a.m. We Energies is attributing the outage to a vehicle crash. I did not hear any scanner traffic related to the crash, but the power outage took out my scanners for a few minutes while I got them switched over to battery […]
Power outage update: Paddock Lake resolved, some Salem residents still without power
Aug 3rd, 2015
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
A power outage that started during Sunday night’s storm in Paddock Lake leaving hundreds without power through this morning has been resolved, We Energies says. An outage affecting about 50 customers in Salem however persists at about 11 a.m. That outage is being attributed to a We Energies equipment problem. There are also smaller outages […]
Power outage in Paddock Lake-Brighton
May 11th, 2015
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
Some 257 customers are experiencing a power outage this morning in northwest Paddock Lake and southern Brighton. At 6:30 a.m., We Energies is reporting that the outage is due to a traffic accident. The outage was first reported at 6:05 a.m. UPDATE 6:57 a.m. — Power back on at westofthei.com HQ in Paddock Lake. UPDATE […]
Power outage in Paddock Lake
Jun 10th, 2014
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
About 3,000 customers are being effected by a power outage in the Paddock Lake area this morning. The outage started about 8:20 a.m. At about 8:50 a.m., We Energies is reporting that the cause is under investigation. A reader says Central High School is effected. Co-publisher Karen Hillock says it looks like the outage is […]
Units responding for damaged utility pole in Paddock Lake
Mar 14th, 2014
by Darren Hillock.2 comments
At about 2:58 p.m., Town of Salem Fire/Rescue units are responding for broken up utility pole at Highways 50 and 83 south (Brass Ball Corners) in Paddock Lake. Per dispatch: A vehicle reportedly hit the pole and left the scene. UPDATE 3:04 p.m. — Deputy on scene reports top of pole is sheared off and […]
Power outage in Twin Lakes
Nov 23rd, 2013
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
At 11:25 a.m., Twin Lakes Police dispatch is reporting that they are receiving numerous calls from the Country Club Trails area that power is out. Police officer on patrol in the area says he sees no obvious reason for the outage. UPDATE 11:29 a.m. — Dispatch says utility trucks are responding. Reason for outage unknown. […]
Power outages reported
Sep 19th, 2013
by Darren Hillock.Comments are off for this post
Power is out at westofthei.com headquarters and the neighborhood surrounding in Paddock Lake at about 7:50 a.m. No info available from We Energies yet but I will take a crazy guess and say it is weather related. UPDATE 8:08 a.m. — We Energies now reporting power outages in Paddock Lake, Silver Lake, Lilly Lake, New […]
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