Agricultural Equipment Struck Electrical Line Outside Bishop City Limits
BISHOP - On April 17, 2023, at approximately 9:45 pm, AEP Texas reported a problem with a substation that caused most of Bishop to be without power for about 2 hours. Bishop Police Department confirmed on social media that the outage is believed to have been caused by agricultural equipment that struck an electrical line outside the city limits.
Photo courtesy of John Davis
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