North Carolina
Duke Energy planning power outage in western North Carolina town
GRANITE FALLS, N.C. (WBTV) – A planned power outage is scheduled to hit a western North Carolina town this weekend.
Duke Energy has scheduled the outage for 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, and will cut off power to the town of Granite Falls.
A town spokesperson said the outage is happening to allow Duke to make necessary repairs.
The outage will only affect customers on the town of Granite Falls’ electric distribution system, which is supplied power from Duke. Residents who get their power directly from Duke will not be impacted.
The outage could last up to two hours, and according to the town, it could prevent longer unplanned outages in the future.
Granite Falls residents with questions about the planned outage can call the town hall at 828-396-3131.
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