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TEP customers near I-10 and South Alvernon Way have power restored

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UPDATE 3:45 p.m.

According to TEP representatives, the Friday afternoon outage occurred around 12:40 p.m. and started when a piece of equipment failed at the Irvington Substation.

Up to 8,100 customers were affected by the outage, leaving most in the impacted area without power for 90 minutes.

Approximately 2,500 of those customers near I-19 and Ajo Way had service restored after 30 minutes.

About 5,643TEP customers are left without power.

The power outage is between Ajo south to Aerospace Parkway, Campbell east to Craycroft.

A spokesperson from TEP has said they are responding to the outages and some customers have been brought back into service.

Pima County Department of Transportation has reported traffic signals out at the following three intersections:

  • Ajo Way and Palo Verde Road
  • Ajo Way and Dodge Boulevard
  • Benson Highway Swan Road and Valencia Road

View the TEP outage map at www.tep.com/outages .

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