TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As of Sunday evening, the Tucson Electric Power told KGUN 9 about 275 customers remained without service.
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UPDATED AT SUNDAY, JULY 30 4:04 p.m.
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) crews are continuing to work until all of their customers' homes are reconnected with electricity after Friday's storm rolled through.
TEP Supervisor of Media Relations Joseph Barrios told KGUN 9 service was restored to about 55,000 customers over the weekend.
As of Sunday, "...about 1,500 remain without service," Barrios shared. "Repair work is ongoing."
He also let KGUN 9 know about the TEP's plans to replace 59 electricity poles.
"We’ll replace wood poles with metal ones in most cases," Barrios explained. "However, we’ll replace wood poles with wood poles in hard-to-access areas so that field workers can ascend the pole to install equipment and perform future maintenance and upgrades."
Open ice stations until 6 p.m.
- Albertson's at 1350 N. Silverbell Rd., north of Speedway
- 5550 E. Grant Rd., east of Craycroft Road, in the Chuze Fitness parking lot
The TEP is no longer asking customers to conserve electricity as a result of the storm.
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UPDATED AT SATURDAY, JULY 29 9:18 p.m.
The Tucson Electric Power let KGUN 9 know it had reconnected power for about 3,000 customers Saturday evening.
"One last quick update for tonight" TEP Supervisor of Media Relations Joseph Barrios revealed. "Our outage count is down to about 7,000 customers."
Please stay with KGUN 9 for continued updates.
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UPDATED AT SATURDAY, JULY 29 5:05 p.m.
Supervisor of Media Relations with the Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Joseph Barrios let KGUN 9 know there are still about 10,000 customers without power.
As of Saturday early evening, the TEP has tracked 48 damaged electricity power poles and is working to fix them.
According to Barrios, there are over 750 active sites where crews are focusing their restorative efforts.
Open ice stations until 6 p.m.
- Albertson's at 1350 N. Silverbell Rd., north of Speedway
- 5550 E. Grant Rd., east of Craycroft Road, in the Chuze Fitness parking lot
Barrios confirmed the ice station at the Kino Sports Complex is no longer active.
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UPDATED AT SATURDAY, JULY 29 2:00 p.m.
The Tucson Electric Power (TEP) continues to respond to power outages across the Tucson area. As of 11 a.m. Saturday, about 16,000 customers remain without power.
TEP officials say more than 56,000 customers were without power at the height of Friday night's storm, and that restoration efforts "will continue around the clock and some customers should expect to remain without service at least through the weekend."
The TEP reports the storm's widespread damage will require at least 40 power poles to be replaced. Crews are working more than 400 active repair jobs, with more expected "as additional damage is identified."
Ice stations are established at these locations until 6 p.m. Saturday:
• 1350 N Silverbell Road, at the Albertsons
• 5550 E Grant Road, east of Craycroft Road, in the Chuze Fitness parking lot
The TEP asks customers with power to conserve it through means of:
• Setting the thermostat to 78 degrees
• Avoiding using large appliances
• Using ceiling fans
• Avoiding using your pool pump until the evening
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UPDATED AT FRIDAY, JULY 28 8:09 p.m.
Over 50,000 customers are without power.
TEP is working on restoring services by switching them over to other circuits.
According to TEP there are multiple downed power lines.
TEP advised to stay away from downed power lines and not touch them, instead, call 911.
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ORIGINAL STORY FRIDAY, JULY 28 6:29 p.m.
The Tucson Electric Power responded to various power outages throughout Tucson.
More than 8,000 people have been without power since around 6 p.m due to the storm.
Stay with KGUN 9 for further updates.
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