Power restored to Washtenaw/Carpenter area, 2,300 DTE customers
The map showing Wednesday's power outage.
Courtesy of DTE Energy
More than 2,300 people were without power in Pittsfield and Ypsilanti townships Wednesday morning due to an auto-protection device kicking in, according to DTE Energy.
The power was restored by 1:20 p.m., according to the outage map.
According to the company’s outage map, 2,316 people were without power in an area stretching from Washtenaw Community College to the Polo Fields Washtenaw Country Club.
The Pittsfield Township Public Safety Department reported the traffic light at Carpenter Road and Washtenaw Avenue was expected to be out for three to four hours.
As of 1:20 p.m., all traffic lights were working in the affected area.
The auto-protection device is listed as a cause of a momentary outage. The devices kick in when some sort of interference comes in contact with power lines, such as an animal or tree branches, according to the DTE website.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Angie
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 11:26 p.m.
I work afternoons in U of M's hospital laboratory and we, too, had power flickering off and on around 10:30 last night. Our battery backups were beeping like crazy! I assumed it was a bad storm. Glad to know that I might have an answer to all that flickering and beeping!
David Cahill
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 9:57 p.m.
We also had browning/flickering last night around 10:30 here on Broadway in Ann Arbor. I heard a transformer blowing up.
justcurious
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 9:21 p.m.
This stuff is happening more and more. I'm so tired of resetting my oven clock. I came home the other day to no power and now my MAC won't fire up. Not sure what happened. I do have a surge protector.
Dave
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 7:21 p.m.
Still looking for an answer to the flickering last night.
xmo
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 5:37 p.m.
Thanks DTE for saving the planet! Keep those power outages going and maybe charge the powerless customers a "GREEN Fee" for this?
trespass
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 5:07 p.m.
The cause does not sound like a complete explanation for an outage that is more than momentary. I wish DTE would be more transparent about their infrastructure problems.
Themadcatter
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 4:25 p.m.
Could have been the cause of widespread browning/flickering in Ypsi around 10:30 last night? If not, I wonder what was causing that (at the very least it affected areas from Mansfield to Prospect). Just wondering.
Griffin
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:43 p.m.
We had flickering over in Water Hill. I thought maybe a transformer blowing somewhere, but I didn't hear a pop. Very strange.
fjord
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:24 p.m.
I noticed that flickering last night in southwest Ann Arbor. Anyone know what was happening?
snark12
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 6:13 p.m.
According to Twitter, the flickering last night was happening from Dixboro to the whole way to the west side of Ann Arbor. I suppose this could have been involved but I suspect it was a different problem.
Themadcatter
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 4:27 p.m.
I meant, "Could THIS have been the cause". (Wish we could edit).
MRunner73
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 2:40 p.m.
Avoid the Washtenaw and Carpenter road intersection at all costs. Unless there is police directing traffic, the back up will linger a long while even after the power is restored. That interesection is terrible to get through on a normal day.
thehawk
Wed, Jul 11, 2012 : 2:39 p.m.
Thanks, Kyle, for getting the info on this! :) Friend reports that all or part of SpiceTree apartments has power again, as of about 10 minutes ago.