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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 customers for several hours.
Tuesday’s incident involved a different piece of equipment than the one that failed two days prior, he said.
“We have switched these customers to new equipment and restored power as of 3:45 p.m. this afternoon,” Stella said. “Our next step is to inspect and make repairs to the faulty equipment.”
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