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Austin Energy power outage affecting 14,000

The outage covers a large part of South Austin.
Credit: Austin Energy

AUSTIN, Texas — An official with Austin Energy says they are working to fix a power outage in South Austin that’s affecting close to 14,000 customers.

The outage covers a large area from MoPac near Slaughter Lane to the Onion Creek Greenbelt and down to FM 1327.

The official said a transmission breaker at a substation is behind the outage.

According to Austin Energy, the outage started at 1:14 a.m. on Monday.

Crews are working to restore power.

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