Wind knocks out power in Kalona, Riverside

Posted 4/2/20

High winds on Saturday evening were blamed for knocking out power in Riverside, Kalona and Richmond for more than two hours.

Alliant Energy spokesman Mike Wagner said a piece of equipment broke …

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Wind knocks out power in Kalona, Riverside

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High winds on Saturday evening were blamed for knocking out power in Riverside, Kalona and Richmond for more than two hours.

Alliant Energy spokesman Mike Wagner said a piece of equipment broke either from the high winds or from something falling on it in the Riverside area about 6:53 p.m.

The breakage put 2,329 customers in the dark.

About 9:15 p.m., power was restored to 1,500 customers with the remaining getting power back by 9:45 p.m.

“It was a big outage,” Wagner said. “Once we found the equipment that was broken, we could route around it.”

Wagner noted that Alliant is not as reliant on customers calling the electric company these days when the power goes out. The smart meters the company has installed throughout the area instantaneously notify Alliant when power goes out.