What are common causes of power outages?
The most common causes are critters such as squirrels and birds. While critters are the most common cause, these outages are usually repaired the quickest and through new work practices are easier to prevent. Larger power outages are typically caused by adverse weather conditions (i.e. thunderstorms, tornadoes, ice storms and high straight winds may occur over larger areas).

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1. Where does Edmond Electric get its power supply?
2. What do I do to report my outage or downed power line?
3. What if a powerline falls in my yard?
4. What if someone in the home has special medical problems or is on life-sustaining medical equipment?
5. What is "partial power"?
6. Who fixes service connections to my house if they are damaged?
7. How does Edmond Electric handle increased calls during major outages?
8. What are common causes of power outages?
9. After priority customers are restored, how does Edmond Electric decide whose power to restore next?
10. What causes my lights to go dim unexpectedly?
11. Why do I see Edmond Electric vehicles leave my neighborhood without restoring service to the area?
12. Why do some customers have power and their neighbors don't?
13. Why is it hard for Edmond Electric to say how long it will take to get power restored?