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Broken bolt causes power outage in southeastern Caldwell County last Friday morning

CALDWELL COUNTY, NC (December 4, 2016)…According to Blue Ridge Energy officials, at 3:30 A.M. on the morning of Friday, December 2, 2016 a bolt that held a guy wire in place broke which caused a power pole to break.  899 customers were affected.  Location of pole was on Myers Road in Granite Falls.  874 members were restored at 5:07 A.M.  The remaining 25 members were restored at noon.  Hats off to a job well done by the Blue Ridge Energy crews getting power restored in a timely fashion.

Mark Jackson

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