June 1, 2023:
2:28 am: the EA4 feeder opened at LANL. The EA4 line serves the East Gate business Park, Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant, water wells in Rendija Canyon and the Totavi Gas Station.
6:00 am: it was determined that the fault is on the LAC portion of the line. An attempt to energize the line with circuit 14 failed and caused a short outage on feeder 14.
6:30 am: LANL isolated and energized their side of the line.
7:20 am: DPU crews are still inspecting underground equipment to find the fault. The outage may last for up to 4 more hours.
10:45 am: Electric crews are still searching for the underground faulted cable. As such, restoration estimates are being pushed out 3-4 more hours.
1:00 pm: The work is on hold due to storm conditions and will resume once it is safe for crews. Customers should expect further delays.
2:35 pm: Power has been restored for all affected customers.

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