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UPDATE: Power Restored to East Central Energy Customers West of Rice
RICE - There was a power outage west of Rice today (Friday).
East Central Energy says about 265 of their members were without power, due to a cut in an underground line.
The outage happened at about 10:00 a.m. Originally they are estimating to have the line repaired by about 1:00 p.m. But they were able to restore power by about 11:00 a.m.
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