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Update: Power restored to area west of Conway

Horry Electric

Over 2,500 people were without power Thursday afternoon as crews worked to restore an outage in an area west of Conway.

 

Power has been restored to the members served by the Four Mile Substation, but crews still have a big job ahead of them....

Posted by Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. on Thursday, January 14, 2016
 

Crews are still working on back feeding from the Dunn Shortcut and Cool Springs substations so we can restore service to...

Posted by Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. on Thursday, January 14, 2016
 

Engineers and crews have devised a plan. It looks like they'll be able to back feed from another source so members...

Posted by Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. on Thursday, January 14, 2016

Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. officials said that a recloser malfunctioned, causing the outage in the Four Mile Substation.

The outage was first reported Jan. 14 at 2:57 p.m. Full power was restored around 5:50 p.m.

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This story was originally published January 14, 2016 at 4:31 PM with the headline "Update: Power restored to area west of Conway."

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