A power outage affected about 273 people in Atlantic, this (Monday) afternoon. The juice went out at around 3:15-p.m.  Atlantic Municipal Utilities General Manager Steve Tjepkes said crews were working on a “Phased” equipment replacement for a cut-out, when another piece of equipment failed. Initially, only a few customers went dark, but when the second piece failed, the eastern half of the City was knocked out, too.

AMU crews worked on a day when the Heat Index was 93 to get the problem repaired and the line energized. Power was restored by around 3:49-p.m.