Service has been restored to all Westar Energy customers in south Lawrence and Douglas County, according to the company's website.
A planned outage for 47 customers near 28th Street west of Iowa Street unexpectedly increased to more than 150 customers about 9 a.m. Thursday.
Crews restored power to customers by using an "alternate feed," but the cause of the increased outage is still being investigated, Westar said on Twitter.
Customers affected by the outage were without power for about two hours.
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Cimmy Redmond 1 year, 11 months ago
And in other breaking news, water is wet.
Ralph Reed 1 year, 11 months ago
No.
Really?!?
auntmimi210 1 year, 11 months ago
These comments need a "Like" button!
deec 1 year, 11 months ago
It was a possum what did it...
Sigmund 1 year, 11 months ago
Just what new business or families would want to locate in a town that regularly lacks electric power? I mean other than a blacksmith or wheelwright or the Amish.
none2 1 year, 11 months ago
It is part of a bigger plan to turn Kansas into a tourist mecca. First we won't allow wind energy in the Flint Hills. Then we will eventually turn off the power plants and take down the transmission lines. Then you will be sent the appropriate antique clothing for yourself and your family. You will also get tax breaks for horses and buggies that you will require. Then you will get free stationary and stamps to write all your out-of-state friends and family to let them know that visiting Kansas is a great place to get to know your past.
gammimc 1 year, 11 months ago
hahahaha, good one!
none2 1 year, 11 months ago
Oh, I did forget to say that there will be tax breaks for tourists who choose to stay here and live in rural communities.
Boom times are coming!!!
Ralph Reed 1 year, 11 months ago
@none2
But only is W and SW KS
auntmimi210 1 year, 11 months ago
"...other than a blacksmith or wheelwright or the Amish." Thanks, I needed that laugh! My area (near downtown) is usually part of the outages. Somehow today, the hamster wheel is turning.
smitty 1 year, 11 months ago
As well as the tax dollars for a failed federal appeal cases which ex-US Attorney Marietta Parker and Asst US Attorney Christine Kennedy wrote the brief that the Westar executives won.
Heard that name before?
Tax payers are getting hit in the pocketbook from many directions.
MarcoPogo 1 year, 11 months ago
"Westar - We'll Try to Leave the Light on for You".
patygrl 1 year, 11 months ago
chuckle
MarcoPogo 1 year, 11 months ago
No concept of reality? The reality is that we have to reset all of the clocks in the house about every three days.
hujiko 1 year, 11 months ago
Aww shucks, what a major inconvenience that must be.
If that is the most difficult part of your day, then you should seriously reconsider your priorities.
MarcoPogo 1 year, 10 months ago
Once again, someone misses the point - they can't keep the power on. When the local internet provider crashes, people unleash all kinds of vitriol; why can't complaints be made about the electricity provider?
If putting words in others' mouths is the easiest part of your day, I congratulate you on your cakewalk of a life.
labmonkey 1 year, 11 months ago
I don't see as many complaints with other area companies... KCPL, BPU, etc...
auntmimi210 1 year, 11 months ago
Says the girl with the rainbow-haired creature avatar.
tolawdjk 1 year, 11 months ago
The reality is that with the "uptime" we are getting from "Clean, Dependable Coal" from Westar, we might as well throw up a couple hundred turbines and hope the wind blows.
Undependable power is still undependable power.
clovis_sangrail 1 year, 11 months ago
What is your job at Westar?
misplacedcheesehead 1 year, 11 months ago
Dolph4, MarcoPogo, I love it! My personal guess is they have idiots as project managers.
SnakeFist 1 year, 11 months ago
We're becoming a third world country: The electricity is out somewhere in Lawrence very few days, the roads are full of potholes, the reservoir is silting up, etc.
There needs to be an investigation of Westar, and the payment of dividends to investors needs to end until the infrastructure is upgraded.
tolawdjk 1 year, 11 months ago
I'm guessing an avian excuse. You can't go with rodent or reptile as they have been used too recently.
Or maybe cougar. Something to spice it up.
I remember living in the Chicago area with all the older housing having the electrical coming in from overhead lines that you had to keep up on landscape trimming when even a minor storm would knock an old dead branch down. But I don't remember the suicidal varmits they have in Lawrence.
Did someone build a highway on Native American sacred ground or something?
somedude20 1 year, 11 months ago
Maybe The Storm was trying to mate with it and when she finished, she sent out a power surge that took out the transmitter
gammimc 1 year, 11 months ago
You don't suppose that Westar is wanting to get a jump on the rationing electricity thing, do you?
Kontum1972 1 year, 11 months ago
so electricity weasels...do we get a discount for the power-outage?
Kontum1972 1 year, 11 months ago
get em Whitney...!
somedude20 1 year, 11 months ago
Can't cook a corndog without power
clovis_sangrail 1 year, 11 months ago
Yes, that was some crack investigative reporting.
She regurgitated the contents of Westar's corporate twitter.
Now, an in-depth story on why Westar cannot go two days without an "unplanned outage" somewhere in town -- that would be interesting, especially if they are paying dividends and large bonuses while still providing substandard service to their customers.
Joseph Jarvis 1 year, 11 months ago
When isn't there a power outage in Lawrence?
Westar can't control nature. But you'd think it would design infrastructure to better handle foreseeable problems.
misplacedcheesehead 1 year, 11 months ago
"Planned outage"?? What the h....
Suebell 1 year, 11 months ago
I live near 28th street. The power was out from 5:30 AM-11:00 AM. Does that equal two hours??
just_another_bozo_on_this_bus 1 year, 10 months ago
Power went off in E. Lawrence yesterday evening-- at least the fourth time this month.
toe 1 year, 10 months ago
Third world power.
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