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MidAmerican Energy Says Saturday’s Outage Caused By Circuit Breaker Activation At Substation

Saturday’s electrical outage in Carroll County that left more than 2,000 customers without power is believed to have been caused by an inadvertent circuit breaker activation at a substation. At approximately 1:21 p.m., power disconnected for residents in Halbur, the southern parts of the City of Carroll and the rural areas between the two towns. Power was restored to all affected customers by 3:25 p.m. While they were able to identify where the interruption occurred, MidAmerican Energy crews are still investigating what caused the breaker to trip.