Aztec City-wide Power Outage

Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 12:00 AM

The outage will affect ALL City of Aztec electric customers on Thursday, June 2, 2016, 10:00 p.m. until Friday, June 3, 2016, 6:00 a.m. ATTENTION: Customers requiring electricity for medical equipment need to make appropriate arrangements to ensure their welfare during this outage.

From the city of Aztec:

To provide you with consistently reliable electric service, the City of Aztec must maintain its electrical equipment at the Light Plant substation. To perform this maintenance safely, we must turn off the power to the entire City.

The outage will affect ALL City of Aztec electric customers on Thursday, June 2, 2016, 10:00 p.m. until Friday, June 3, 2016, 6:00 a.m.

ATTENTION: Customers requiring electricity for medical equipment need to make appropriate arrangements to ensure their welfare during this outage.

What work has to be done? Specifically, work will be performed by the Aztec Electric Department, Farmington Electric Contractors and Farmington Electric crews.

1. Aztec electric crews will be replacing a major HIGH VOLTAGE switch at the substation.

2. Farmington electric contractors will be installing a new metering system.

3. Farmington electric crews will be upgrading HIGH VOLTAGE transmission power lines to the City of Aztec.

Listed below are items to help you be better prepared for this power outage:

• Set a wake up alarm using a device or clock not requiring electricity such as a wind up alarm clock or your mobile device. • Charge your portable electrical devices like cell phones, laptops, etc.

• Avoid opening your refrigerator and freezer as much as possible during this outage. Your food will stay cold for hours if the door is left closed.

• Your hot water heater, even if it is electric, will stay warm for a few hours.

• If you have a generator, do not connect it to your home’s power system unless it has been properly installed by an electrician with the ability to disconnect your home from the City’s power grid when it is operating.

• Your electric garage door will not open. If you need to open your garage door during this outage you will need to disengage the motor operator.

• If you have to go out, drive carefully. Remember that traffic signals will not be operational during this power outage. Treat intersections like a four-way stop.

We appreciate your patience while we complete this maintenance work. Power may be restored earlier than as announced if work is completed ahead of schedule. Please contact the Aztec Utility Office for more information at 505-334-7670 or the Electric Department at 505-334-7667.

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