Last Thursday evening, in the middle of a snowstorm, Meeker residents reported seeing a bright flash of light on the east side of town just before the power went out throughout town and into rural areas like County Roads 7 and 43.
According to White River Electric Association (WREA) Manager of Operations Brett Berthelson via email, “Thursday evening’s outage was caused by a failed cutout (which is a combination of a fuse and a switch…