{"id":38469,"date":"2023-10-06T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/?page_id=38469"},"modified":"2023-12-28T12:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T20:06:08","slug":"outage-restoration-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/outages-safety\/outage-restoration-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Outage Restoration Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div id=\"text-842429058\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<p>Our electric distribution system is constructed with protective devices such as fuses and circuit breakers. These confine the outage to specific areas, limiting the number of consumers affected by the power interruption.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if a tree falls on a tap line only that line would be without service. Other consumers serviced from the main distribution line would still have service, although their lights may blink momentarily.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section circle-section connect powering-up\" id=\"section_1885423176\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-660154626\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-660154626 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-660154626 {\n    padding-top: 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"icon-box featured-box icon-box-center text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-img\" style=\"width: 40px\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-inner\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon-box-text last-reset\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-688063041\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2>Powering Up<\/h2>\n<p>When electricity goes out, most of us expect power will be restored within a few hours. But when a major storm causes widespread damage, longer outages may result. Co-op line crews work long, hard hours to restore service safely to the greatest number of consumers in the shortest time possible.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-688063041 {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n#text-688063041 > * {\n  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1893384672\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1893384672 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"stack-2078293451\" class=\"stack stack-row justify-center items-stretch\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"ux-logo has-hover align-middle ux_logo inline-block\" style=\"max-width: 100%!important; width: 126.90566037736px!important\"><div class=\"ux-logo-link block image-\" title=\"\" href=\"\" style=\"padding: 15px;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/arrows.svg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"ux-logo-image block\" style=\"height:107px;\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#stack-2078293451 > * {\n  --stack-gap: 0rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1885423176 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(12, 90, 142);\n}\n#section_1885423176 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgb(248, 246, 240);\n}\n#section_1885423176 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/meck-gradient.png);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1885423176 {\n    padding-top: 0px;\n    padding-bottom: 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section blue-check what-going\" id=\"section_1315823104\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2450629042\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h3>Here\u2019s What\u2019s Going on if You Find Yourself in the Dark<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2450629042 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal left-circle-img\"  id=\"row-1326896746\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-140525606\" class=\"col right-img medium-5 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover image-full-height x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1331651895\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"412\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-4.png 412w, https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-4-318x340.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1331651895 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-990259330\" class=\"col align-col-inner-middle medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-609455804\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<h4>High-Voltage Transmission Lines<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">Transmission towers and cables that supply power to transmission substations (and thousands of members) rarely fail<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">But when damaged, these facilities must be repaired before other parts of the system can operate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-990259330 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-990259330 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1895813205\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1895813205 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal left-circle-img\"  id=\"row-1698167954\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1731728975\" class=\"col right-img medium-5 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover image-full-height x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_781900007\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"412\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-3.png 412w, https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-3-318x340.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_781900007 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1107738338\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1107738338 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2134664263\" class=\"col align-col-inner-middle medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-491744846\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<h4>Distribution Substation<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">Each substation serves hundreds or thousands of consumers<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">When a major outage occurs, line crews inspect substations to determine if problems stem from transmission lines feeding into the substation, the substation itself, or if problems exist down the line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-2134664263 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-2134664263 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1672350592\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1672350592 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal left-circle-img\"  id=\"row-1656474323\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-884305739\" class=\"col right-img medium-5 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover image-full-height x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_256588589\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"412\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-2.png 412w, https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-2-318x340.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_256588589 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1412062252\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1412062252 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1491766300\" class=\"col align-col-inner-middle medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-875550763\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<h4>Main Distribution Lines<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">If the problem cannot be isolated at a distribution substation, distribution lines are checked<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">These lines carry power to large groups of consumers in communities or housing developments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1491766300 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1491766300 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1189375513\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1189375513 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-equal left-circle-img\"  id=\"row-191876147\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1225559575\" class=\"col right-img medium-5 small-12 large-4 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover image-full-height x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_951654055\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:220px;\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"412\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-1.png 412w, https:\/\/www.meckelec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-1-318x340.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_951654055 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1354064490\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1354064490 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1206511774\" class=\"col align-col-inner-middle medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1049160516\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<h4>Tap Lines<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">If local outages persist, supply lines, called tap lines, are inspected<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">These lines deliver power to transformers, either mounted on poles or placed on pads for underground service, outside businesses, schools, and homes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1206511774 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1206511774 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1206511774 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-495970627\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-793984400 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-343666571\" class=\"col align-col-inner-middle medium-7 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1582899335\" class=\"text list-left-p\">\n\t\t\n<h4>Individual Homes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">If your home remains without power, the service line between a transformer and your residence may need to be repaired<\/li>\n<li class=\"bullet-star\">Always call to report an outage to help line crews isolate local issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-343666571 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 10px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-343666571 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-343666571 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1966361368\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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