Georgia Power: Equipment Failure May Have Caused Outage

Equipment faiure may have caused a disruption that shut off power for about 1,340 Georgia Power customers in North Druid Hills on Friday night, a spokeswoman said.

The outage occurred at about 6:35pm and left repair workers stumped as they searched the power line near the source of the outage for about an hour, said Lynn Wallace, a Georgia Power spokeswoman. As of Sunday, the company settled on the likelihood that equipment failure was the culprit, she said.

Nearly 400 people were still without power at about 8:30pm, she said, and power was restored to all customers shortly after 9pm.

The outage affected some customers along the following roads, Wallace said: Clairmont, North Druid Hills and Briarcliff roads, Clairmont Way, Century Parkway and Northeast Expressway.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at 5:07pm.