Kortes hydroelectric plant to receive a revamp
USA, Wyoming: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation seeks bids to perform station service equipment replacement at the 36 MW Kortes hydroelectric plant in Wyoming.
Power transformer fails at Cargill’s meat processing plant
USA, Colorado: A malfunctioned transformer caused a power outage at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado yesterday morning.
Kauai started year with island-wide power outage
USA, Hawaii: The entire island of Kauai, Hawaii, started the new year without power due to an automatic shutdown of a large generator at the Kapaia Power Station.
Blown transformer leaves US government buildings without power
USA, Washington DC: Several US government buildings lost power due to a transformer explosion in a construction accident on Monday.