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Power Outages Hit Rensselaer County For Third Day This Week Power Outages Hit Rensselaer County For Third Day This Week
Power Outages Hit Rensselaer County For Third Day This Week For the third time this week, some homes and businesses in the Capital District have found themselves without electricity. In Rensselaer County, reports of power outages began popping up on social media at around 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 20. Around 4,000 customers lost power in the North Greenbush and Rensselaer areas due to an equipment failure, according to National Grid spokesperson Patrick Stella. Service was being restored as of 2:20 p.m. Stella said the piece of equipment that failed is not the same one that failed Tuesday, July 19, at the Greenbush substation. Due to intermitte…

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by Michael Mashburn