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Power outage in Boulder City affects 5,500 customers

About 5,500 customers in Boulder City were without power Thursday morning after a breaker failed. (Boulder City Review)

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By Glenn Puit / Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 16, 2020 - 10:26 am

Updated April 16, 2020 - 11:10 am

About 5,500 customers in Boulder City were without power for close to an hour Thursday morning after a breaker failed.

Boulder City Communications Manager Lisa LaPlante said power went out sometime around 9:30 a.m. City crews restored power at 10:20 a.m. after replacing a breaker that failed at a substation.

The Boulder City Utilities Department provides power to the affected customers.

Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

Convicted killer of RJ reporter sent to prison northwest of Las Vegas

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