ROCHESTER, Minn. – Roughly 1,400 Rochester Public Utilities customers are without power as of 5:20 p.m. Thursday. The outage was first reported just after 3 p.m.
According to RPU, utility crews have identified a failed switch. Director of Customer Relations, Patty Hanson says it’s estimated to take 1.5-2 hours to fix the problem.
Power outage in dowtown Rochester impacts hundreds
Downtown traffic lights are being impacted by this outage, and the Rochester Police Department is helping assist cars at intersections.
KIMT News 3 will have a live update during our 6 p.m. news.
Click here for a link to the outage map.