UPDATED: Power restored for 3,400 in northeast Salem
An outage knocked out power for about 3,400 homes and businesses served by Portland General Electric in northeast Salem Tuesday afternoon.
The utility reported the outage at 12:40 p.m. Power was back on at 2:25 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon has been windy in Salem, with the National Weather Service’s Portland office forecasting a west wind of 10 to 13 miles per hour, with gusts up to 20 miles per hour.
The outage was caused by an “equipment issue,” PGE spokeswoman Marsha Sanchez said.
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Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers education, economic development and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for over a decade and is a past president of Oregon's Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Outside of work, you can often find her gardening or with her nose buried in a book.
