WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah — Nearly all of Washington County in southern Utah was without power after a widespread outage that began late Thursday afternoon.
As of Friday morning, all customers have had their power restored, according to Dixie Power. The City of St. George said the outage was due to a PacifiCorp regional transformer issue that cut the main power supply.
"To get the lights back on safely without overloading the grid, the St. George Energy Services team routed a smaller backup feed and restored power in careful, gradual steps," the city explained Friday. "We prioritized critical services, fired up our local backup plant, and successfully stabilized the system."
Officials said the grid is still recovering and a "Red Alert" is in place for residents to conserve energy. Residents should limit power between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., which is the "highest-risk window as solar generation drops off and evening household demand spikes," the city wrote.
People should delay using heavy appliances until after 7 p.m. Friday.
On Thursday, Dixie Power originally reported 30,267 customers were without power in their coverage of the Dixie area. Rocky Mountain Power showed over 6,548 customers were without power in St. George and surrounding areas in the county.
