Power outage affects 2,500 customers in Moorhead

Moorhead Public Service (MPS) crews worked to restore power to 2,500 customers early this morning.  At approximately 4:37 am on Thursday, The MPS dispatch center was notified of an outage in South Moorhead.  The outage was between 8th Street and 20th Street, and 9th Avenue South and 24^th Avenue South.  The outage affected 2,500 customers.

MPS crews were immediately called in and dispatched to the affected area.  By 5:48 am all power had been restored, although 500-800 customers were restored within approximately 30 minutes.  The outage was caused by a fault in underground cabling.

MPS is a community-owned utility serving the residents of Moorhead, Minnesota, with electricity, water, and broadband Internet access.