Kentucky Utilities, which serves Marion and portions of rural Crittenden County, is urging customers to be conservative with their
electrical appliances and other devices during the current cold wave to
save energy and avoid power outages. Too much electrical demand can
trigger outages, such as the one that hit about 1,950 KU customers in
the Versailles area Thursday morning. KU officials said it was caused by
heavy power demand that tripped a circuit breaker.
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