Via an MGE email (responding to my email notifying them of our power outage):

MGE projects that most customers reporting an outage will have electricity restored yet today. Some customers may not be restored until Friday.

For crew safety, work will stop at 11 p.m. tonight and resume early Friday morning.

Fifteen crews from Milwaukee and Green Bay are helping MGE. Crews report extensive damage and a massive number of trees down on power lines in the service area. Most of the restoration at this point involves working at individual sites—clearing trees and branches, in some cases setting new poles and then reestablishing power.

If your lights are still out and you have not reported the outage, please call the MGE customer center at 252-7111.

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mge@mge.com

Madison Gas & Electric Company

www.mge.com

I’ve been critical of MG & E in the past (highest rates in the state and political payoffs). I’m glad they are using email to communicate with their (mostly captive) customers. Interestingly, I’ve not seen any mention of the outages on their website. Fortunately, they’ve done a nice job getting power back on.