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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
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'Equipment Malfunction' Cuts Power To 12K In Rensselaer County Days After Similar Outage 'Equipment Malfunction' Cuts Power To 12K In Rensselaer County Days After Similar Outage
'Equipment Malfunction' Cuts Power To 12K In Rensselaer County Days After Similar Outage Just two days after a similar outage, power was again knocked out to thousands of customers in the Capital District on Tuesday afternoon, July 19. In Rensselaer County, about 12,000 customers in East Greenbush lost power at around 2:20 p.m. due to an equipment malfunction at a nearby substation, according to National Grid spokesperson Patrick Stella. The outage lasted roughly 90 minutes, affecting homes and businesses in parts of East Greenbush, Schodack, and Troy. Stella said the substation involved is the same one that was impacted by a fire on Sunday, July 17, that cut power to the same…

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by Michael Mashburn