3900 N.W. 14th St. — Approximate Block of Reported Electrical Damage
For years, residents of Oklahoma City’s Talavera neighborhood have lived with an unwelcome houseguest: unpredictable power surges running through their homes. When they turned to their utility for help, they were told to buy surge protectors. Those devices, residents say, still didn’t work.
The ongoing issue was detailed by KFOR, which reports that Talavera residents have been experiencing power surges for years. After reaching out to OG&E, they were told to get surge protectors for their homes, but the station notes those devices still didn’t work. News 4’s Marj Tobin is now digging into why the surges are happening in the first place, though the underlying cause has not yet been determined.
A Pattern Beyond Talavera
Talavera isn’t the only Oklahoma community that has wrestled with OG&E-linked electrical damage. In El Reno, resident Armando Macias said an OG&E contractor working at a neighboring home accidentally cut his wire, telling the station, “they actually cut mine.” He said the line was cut back in December, and the resulting surge left appliances, televisions, sound systems, a computer, a washer and dryer, and even the doorbell unusable, according to the same outlet’s report…