SRP regain power in Mesa

 SRP  regain power in Mesa

About 80,000 customers were without power as the noon fire at the Thunderstone substation damaged at least one transformer and overloaded SRP's system within Mesa.

As demand climbed during the afternoon with higher temperatures, which produced rolling outages affecting homes and businesses.

Our system became pretty overwhelmed in that area," said Patty Likens, a spokeswoman for SRP.

Mesa officials established the city's Convention Center as an evacuation and cool-down area for residents affected by the outage. The city was being assisted by American Red CrossbizWatch American Red Cross Latest from The Business Journals CHS gives .1M to North Dakota flood-relief effortDisaster relief initiated for Los Alamos evacueesForsyth United Way names Gordineer president Follow this company personnel.

Also was working to deliver bags of ice to Fry's locations by 7 p.m. that included stores at Recker and McKellips roads; Lindsay and Broadway roads; Power and Baseline roads; and Ellsworth and Broadway roads.