Raccoon the Cause of Grampian Area Power Outage

GRAMPIAN – Penelec said that 235 of its customers in the Grampian area were without power Thursday night for almost 3 hours, as a result of an animal contact. 

According to Penelec spokesman John Shimko, the outage began around 11:30 p.m. 

Crews were called out to patrol the circuit and discovered a dead raccoon on a transformer on Appleton Hill Rd. in Hepburnia.  The raccoon was removed and power was restored to all customers at 2:25 a.m. Friday morning. 

Penelec reminds customers that power outages can be reported by calling 1-888-LIGHTSS or 1-888-544-4877.