Power outage affects Parker residents, businesses

12:15pm– A power outage affected APS customers in the town of Parker within the past 20 minutes. No word yet on the cause of the outage, which continues.

12:30pm– Reports that a power pole has been hit in an accident.

1:06pm– Report: A car hit a power pole near the intersection of Mohave Road and Navajo Avenue, approximately one block from La Paz Regional Hospital next to the now vacant Dayton Superior building.

Via Leo Scott

1:26pm– APS estimates 60 – 90 minutes for repairs and restoration of power. People should stay hydrated if they plan to spend that time in a hot building or outside.

1:38pm–

2:32pm– APS says power is expected to be restored around 3:00pm or just after as repairs are completed and power switched back on.

Via Mark Wilkinson

3:21pm– APS confirms that switching has been completed and power should be restored at any time.

3:35pm– Power restored briefly and then out again.

4:38pm– APS says it is checking switches which may have overloaded when the power came back on earlier, leading to a further delay and further outage. Estimates vary from 15 minutes and up.

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Parker Live went down shortly after this last update, due to the server’s inability to keep processing all the demand from Parker Live users. Power was back by around 6 p.m.