The power went out for almost all of Petersburg around 5:00 a.m. Thursday for about an hour. The power department was doing planned repairs in an isolated area south of town, but inaccurate information led to a much larger outage than anticipated.
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The power went out for more than an hour in and around downtown Petersburg the morning of December 23.
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The region’s hydropower plants were shut down in June for maintenance. Now, the cost of fuel for those generators will be passed on to utility customers in Petersburg. But the increase will be less than half of what it was last year.
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An electrical component exploded in Petersburg’s downtown area, sending parts of the community into a two-hour blackout.
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Petersburg’s Water Department is asking residents to complete a survey to help screen for toxic metals in community’s water system.
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The Petersburg Borough will receive nearly three million dollars in federal grant money for an upgrade to its hydropower plant. Petersburg’s Utility Director Karl Hagerman has been managing the upgrade since planning began in 2018.
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