SALT LAKE CITY

Power outages in South Jordan and Salt Lake Monday morning

Nov 7, 2022, 6:29 AM | Updated: 2:36 pm
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A power outage Monday morning causing many issues with traffic lights. Over 6.400 people are without power. (Rocky Mountain Power)
(Rocky Mountain Power)

SALT LAKE CITY — A power outage affected over 15,000 people in South Jordan Monday morning, while an outage in Salt Lake City affected 6,600 customers.

According to the RMP outages webpage, Rocky Mountain Power resolved the outage in South Jordan around 8 a.m.

RMP told Utah’s Morning News that the Salt Lake City outage was caused by a mylar balloon.

RMP initially announced an outage in Salt Lake City just after 5:30 a.m. and said crews were dispatched to investigate the cause and work on restoring power.

The outage impacted some traffic lights as well as delaying some Utah Transit Authority lines. 

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