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Over 650 Central Electric members are without power in SE Bend likely due to an enhanced safety settings used to prevent wildfires from starting. Crews are on site and expect to restore power within the next 45 minutes. Cause of the outage is unknown.

Approximately 700 members are without power in SE Bend likely due to an enhanced safety settings used to prevent wildfires from starting. Crews are currently patrolling lines. Restoration time unknown. We will provide updates when we learn more.

Central Electric Cooperative crews are responding to an outage in the Juniper Heights area. Crews are on scene inspecting lines to determine the cause of the outage and begin repairs. There is no estimated time to restoration.

After fire crews successfully knocked down the fire in NW Redmond, CEC crews patrolled and inspected its facilities and equipment before reenergizing the transmission line. Power has been restored to the approximately 10,500 members affected.

UPDATE: Crews have identified the cause of the outage as failed equipment in southeast Bend. They have restored power to the remaining Bend areas. The estimated time for repairs and restoring power to southeast Bend will take four hours, approximately by 11:00 a.m.

We are currently experiencing technical issues with our phone system. Our national phone provider is troubleshooting the issue and it is not isolated to CEC. Should you need to contact a customer service representative, please call our alternate outage reporting number (866) 459-8651. Thank you.