Late July storms cause 1,300 outages in Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s service territory

Late Monday night, July 28, storms in Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric’s service territory contributed to 1,300 meter location outages.

Operations Division Manager Dan Meier reported outage calls started around 10:30 that night. The area most impacted was in Rice County with lots of trees in the lines.

Steele-Waseca received assistance from crews with Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative, BENCO Electric Cooperative, and Brown County Rural Electric Association.

Meier reported outages as a result of the storms were restored by 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 29.