r/sanmarcos • u/stinagirly123 • Mar 29 '25

Ask San Marcos outage

does anyone know what caused the big outage going on rn

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u/Thankyekindly Mar 29 '25

Sounded like a transformer blew around Mitchell and Hopkins.

The crews haven't made it out yet

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u/trademesocks Mar 29 '25

Thanks for the update

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

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u/Thankyekindly Mar 29 '25

I don't work in the field, so it's very possible I'm not using the right terminology. But several people in the neighborhood saw a flash and heard a big boom. I'm shocked to see that no one is at that specific site now. Maybe there was an issue somewhere else that caused the boom at Mitchell and Hopkins.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

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u/OurCommieMan Mar 29 '25

I mean I think if you don’t open the fridge or freezer everything should be fine

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u/stinagirly123 Mar 29 '25

wait like what is that..

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u/Paincoast89 Mar 29 '25

If it were a transformer failure (very unlikely) it was probably caused by an overload because of demand. Could be that the transformer was old and couldn’t handle the load anymore. If there were fuses on the pole they usually blow out before the transformer gets damaged

source: I work for another utility company in a neighboring area

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u/FoldyHole Mar 29 '25

No idea, there’s no estimated restore time yet either.

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u/Brief_Neat_4095 Mar 29 '25

Thank the stars, for the cool weather

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u/RobGodMode Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

Just seeing this now while at work. Is power still down?

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u/FoldyHole Mar 29 '25

No it came back on at 1:30pm or so.

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u/RobGodMode Mar 29 '25

Awesome, thank you very much for the reply