Power Restored After Substation Fire In Jay

April 3, 2016

UPDATE 5:45 p.m. — All power has been restored in the Jay area following the installation of a mobile power substation. The entire area lost power Sunday morning due to a substation fire.

UPDATE 3:00 p.m. – A mobile power substation has arrived in Jay. The mobile unit will be used to restore power to Jay and surrounding areas following a power substation fire this morning. The process, according to EREC, will take several hours.

Previous story below photo:

A fire at an Escambia River Electric Cooperative substation in Jay Sunday morning has left the area without power.

The fire was quickly contained, and crews are working to restore power as soon as possible to about 2,500 customers. The entire substation is without power.

A regulator and circuit breakers failed causing an arc which spread to other equipment causing the fire and power outage, according to EREC spokesperson Sabrina Owens.

A mobile substation is being brought in to restore power. It is anticipated that power will be restored by early evening.

Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Below: Another photo of the mobile substation:


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5 Responses to “Power Restored After Substation Fire In Jay”

  1. Resident on April 5th, 2016 8:33 am

    There was work being done to that sub station not very long ago. Like a week or two ago. Looked like they were doing work on the same line of transformers. Could that have been part of the problem? Faulty equipment that was repaired or faulty workmanship? I am no electrician but looks like to me it was more than what they said. There are still ongoing issues of the MAJOR power surges that occurred even at the school with computer systems. Good job Trans-Power that services that set of Transmission Lines!!!!

  2. J on April 4th, 2016 8:57 am

    Mary, what exactly would you need a power outage adjustment for?

  3. mary on April 4th, 2016 5:32 am

    I’m thankful that no one got hurt
    Helping get our power back up and
    Going. But just looking at photos it
    Seems more then a simple circuit
    Arcing. Also I’m very thankful for the
    Out of state help we got. So can we
    Look for a 8 hour power outage
    Adjustment????

  4. hawghead on April 3rd, 2016 6:55 pm

    Good job to all who worked to restore power…

  5. Sage 2 on April 3rd, 2016 6:02 pm

    Cooperation among utilities helps the consumer. Great job!!

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