Jakubczak gives power outage report to Coldwater City Council

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak gave a detailed report to the Coldwater City Council Monday night about the previous night’s power outage in parts of the city which took place after a line of severe thunderstorms went through Branch County.

The National Weather Service reported winds in Coldwater gusted as high as 59 miles per hour during the storm. Jakubczak said initially there was very minimal damage to their electrical system but things changed at about 6:20 p.m.

Jakubczak says the city has three incoming lines from ITC Transmission. One was down for maintenance. Another was lost in the storm which left only one in operating condition. That line powered the city east of the Culvers restaurant.

Jakubczak told the Council about their displeasure with ITC over the initial restoration time.

The CBPU says as of 9:15 a.m. Monday morning, all of their customers should have had their power restored, which was about 15 hours after the initial outages were reported.