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More than 200 customers on the southwest side of South Milwaukee found themselves without power for a time overnight.

Thankfully, all seemed to be OK despite the freezing temperatures.

From South Milwaukee Fire Chief Joe Knitter …

An area southwest of Blakewood School experienced a power outage last evening from approximately 11:45PM until 2:06AM this morning. As one of those affected by the outage, I immediately contacted WE Energies on their Police/Fire Emergency Line and reported the outage.  WE Energies called me back shortly thereafter and reported that they had experienced an equipment malfunction and that the outage affected 205 customers.  I then called SMPD to relay the information to the Dispatcher.  The fire department did not receive and calls for service related to the outage.

Update #2: As of 2:45 p.m., We Energies was not showing any power outages in South Milwaukee.

Update: As of 12:45 p.m, power was apparently back on for most people. It seems the outage was concentrated on the northwest side of town, impacting the middle and high schools and Rawson Elementary (and my house).

Nearly 3,000 We Energies customers are affected, according to the current outage map (as of 11:45 a.m.).

I’ll keep you posted, and let me know what you’re experiencing. Post your comments below.