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Heat Wave Triggers Major Power Break in Midwest
A heat wave pushed electricity use to a record 3,230,000 kilowatts in St. Louis prompting Union Electric to cut power to large areas for up to two hours and raising fears of a broader outage. Nebraska faced two blackouts from Fort Randall relay failure and a burned transformer at Sheldon Station, affecting Grand Island North Platte Norfolk Lincoln Beatrice and Valentine with some water pumps shut down in Lincoln. Gov. Morrison ordered a review by the Nebraska Power Review Board as outages lingered into the evening with temperatures in the 90s.
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St, Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Nebraska
Union Electric Co
National Broadcasting
Lincoln
Norfolk
Valentine
Howard Ericksen
Nebraska Public Power System
Fort Randall
Erick
Sen
Sheldon
Consumers Public Power District
Frank Morrison
Nebraska Power Review Board
Midwest