CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas —
Nearly 9,000 AEP Texas customers in the downtown, westside, bay area, and uptown areas of Corpus Christi were without power Saturday evening after an issue at a substation, according to the utility.
Omar Lopez, a spokesperson for AEP Texas, told KRIS 6 News that 8,800 customers lost power due to a problem at the Morris Street substation. Lopez said crews were transferring the electrical load and expected to restore service by 9:30 p.m. or sooner. The cause of the outage had not yet been determined.
Customers can check their outage status or report an outage here or by calling AEP Texas at 1-866-223-8508.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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