Day Long Power Outage Planned Friday For Hitchcock And Bonilla Areas

Northwestern Energy customers will be in the dark for most of the day Friday as crews finish work on a new substation in Hitchcock. Northwestern Spokesman Tom Glanzer…

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Glanzer says customers in the Hitchcock and Bonilla areas of Northern Beadle County need to plan a bit more for an extended outage like this…

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Glanzer has advice for anyone who may and get power while the main line is shut down…

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The project will improve reliability and increase Northwestern’s ability to connect to new and bigger electric loads.