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Power outage action steps

Use this information so you can be prepared if you lose power during a power outage. The first step? Report your outage.

Check out the common reasons for outages.

OPPD’s utility foresters keep trees located near power lines from disrupting service to customers. Here’s how the process works.

At the time, the complicated task of managing power flow was handled using a blackboard and log books instead of computers.

OPPD – and the state’s – reputation for reliable electricity is good for customers and attractive to business.

There are steps customers can to minimize outage impacts if one should occur, including how to report the outage to OPPD.

This infographic looks at the 10 biggest storms based on power outages. The most destructive ones may surprise you.

OPPD personnel have to cover longer distances, deal with harsh conditions when addressing an outage in rural territory.

WHAT IS IT? An OPPD circuit receives power from a substation and distributes it to customers over a defined portion of our

Thunderstorms, flooding, fire. Those things were all factors in a recent storm drill that put OPPD personnel to the test.