Adams Electric says Met-Ed has scheduled an emergency outage to occur from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday, January 23 at Met-Ed’s Orrtanna Breaker Station. The outage will affect approximately 3,400 Adams Electric members living in the Orrtanna, Fairfield, Carroll Valley, Cashtown and Big Flat areas of Adams and Franklin counties. Met-Ed is hoping to permanently repair a switch that caused an outage in the same areas early Tuesday morning.
Members in the impacted areas should make necessary arrangements to keep themselves and their families safe.
Due to the low temperatures expected overnight, please take extra precautions to stay warm, including:
- Prepare any back-up heating systems.
- Operate emergency generators safely.
- Make arrangements to stay elsewhere overnight: with friends, family or in a hotel.
- If you plan to stay home, have extra blankets and warm clothing readily available.
- Take precaution with pets. Make sure they have somewhere safe to stay.
- Slightly open faucets to allow a small drip to avoid freezing pipes.
Co-op linecrews will be assisting Met-Ed in making repairs safely and efficiently.
For more information visit www.adamsec.coop or for real-time outages visit https://ebill.adamsec.com/oms/outageMap . In case of a power emergency, call 800/726-2324.
4 Comments to “Met-Ed Schedules Emergency Outage Overnight Tonight in Adams/Franklin Counties”
January 22, 2013 at 7:53 PM
is med-ed going to pick up the cost of a hotel for these people. Or the cost for the other fuel source and to house their pets. otherwise this is wrong.
January 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM
what the heck… the coldest night in years and they cut electric… this is a joke right???????
January 22, 2013 at 9:55 PM
How can we let our water drip?? When our wellpump stops because power is off!!! JUST GREAT!!!!
January 22, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Doesn't surprise that Met-Ed is doing this on the coldest night. And causing undo expenses to their customers. There could have been a better way of doing this!