**********SCHEDULED POWER OUTAGE NOTICE**********
The City of Vandalia wanted to give enough notice for our citizens to make arrangements if necessary.
For the past several months, Central Electric has been constructing a new Electric Sub Station for the City of Vandalia. This is a much-needed improvement to our electric infrastructure, especially since our substation caught fire in 2020 and half of it was destroyed.
Once the new substation is completed, it will be owned and operated by Central Electric Cooperative. Central Electric has more staff and expertise with operating substations than the City of Vandalia. Having a substation built and operated by Central Electric Coop is a great asset for the citizens of Vandalia.
Now that most of the substation has been built, Central Electric needs to schedule some power outages for Vandalia. Unfortunately, there will be city-wide outages and cannot be avoided. Central Electric needs to complete some distribution work and also make the switchover to energize the new substation and take the old station out of service. During these scheduled outages there will be multiple crews working in Vandalia to minimize the length of each outage. Not only will Central Electric be on sight, but there will also be other electrical subcontractors working alongside Central Electric and also Vandalia's electric crew will be on sight as well.
Central Electric is hoping that the outage on November 8th will be shorter than six (6) hours but wanted to schedule it for that time just in case. I want to apologize for any inconvenience these unavoidable power outages might cause. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact City Hall at 573-594-6186.
Power Outages are scheduled for
November 6th - 10:00 pm - 4:00 am
November 7th - 10:00 pm - 4:00 am
November 8th - 10:00 pm - 4:00 am
Darren Berry