Tisdale area outage caused by gunshot: SaskPower
A weekend power outage in the Tisdale area was caused when a regulator was struck by a bullet, according to SaskPower.
Repair crews were called to a location south of Tisdale in the early hours of Sunday morning, SaskPower spokesperson Jordan Jackle said. When crews arrived on the scene, they immediately noticed power equipment was damaged.
“The power was out, and we also had a passerby telling us there was a sparking pole,” he said. “Our crews got there and they noticed a bit of oil on the ground underneath this power pole.”
As the repair crews worked, Jackle said they quickly noticed that two voltage regulators had been shot, which was determined to be the cause of the outage. Voltage regulators are similar to transformers, he said, but serve to maintain a consistent power supply rather than transforming a high-voltage current.