About 573 Federated Rural Electric members in Jackson County lost power at 1:38 p.m. Sunday, according to a Federated press release.
The co-op members affected were served by the Wilder substation. Power was restored around 3 p.m.
ITC’s transmission line north of Lakefield brings power to the Wilder substation. Federated line crews worked to troubleshoot the problem with the transmission line. This time the transmission lines were “galloping” due to the ice buildup and wind slapping the lines together.
Other outages occurred due to the ice and wind on Sunday in the areas of Okabena and Heron Lake. Line crews worked about nine hours Sunday to restore power throughout Jackson and Martin counties.
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