Austin Energy’s Matt Mitchell claimed the power failure started at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and at its worst, it impacted roughly 16,000 people.
Austin Energy tweeted that “wildlife disturbance may end up in power disruptions.” A snake entered one of the substations today and got in an interaction with an electric circuit.
According to the firm, all impacted customers had their power back on by 2 p.m.
According to Mitchell, wildlife is frequently responsible for power outages, but squirrels are much more likely to be at fault than snakes.
According to Mitchell, “This hadn’t been regarding electrical power or structure; it was simply about a specific piece of wildlife which happened in the incorrect location at the incorrect time and created an extremely significant inconvenience for plenty of people.”
To keep moving reptiles out, Mitchell claimed the business is currently working to erect low-voltage electrical snake barriers near substations.
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