The frequent power outages that Clarendon residents have noticed lately have been caused in part by the power line replacement currently being done through town.
Clarendon city officials met with representatives of AEP/Southwestern Electric Power Co. last week about the outages and learned the cause of the recent trouble.
SWEPCO has had to de-energize the transmission line coming into the city from Childlress during the replacement. That leaves the city dependent on a feed coming from the Jericho substation. If a storm or other problem interrupts that service, there is no back up.
SWEPCO officals tell City Hall that they expect things to be back to normal within about four weeks.
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