UPDATE: (KLFY)– Power has been restored to the customers that were affected.
A SLEMCO representative said the cause of the outage was a broken arrester, which is a device used in electric power transmission and telecommunication systems.
ORIGINAL: (KLFY)– SLEMCO customers in the Youngsville and Broussard area are currently experiencing a power outage.
A breaker opening up lead to this outage, according to a SLEMCO representative. Reports started coming in regarding the outage around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
As of now, more than 11,000 homes are out of power.
Crews are working at this time to restore the power and determine what caused the outage. More updates will be shared when made available.
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