Rocky Mountain Power officials say they are investigating the causes of different power outages that left as many as 14,000 customers without power across the Wasatch Front at one point on Monday.
A downed transmission line in Salt Lake City, reported around 1 p.m., created the largest of the outages. About 7,800 customers, primarily near the Avenues and Central City neighborhoods, were without power for hours until it was restored later in the day, said Bianca Velasquez, a spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power.
“We are still investigating what caused that transmission line to go down. It was likely weather, but we don’t have that confirmed,” she said. “It was switched to a different line, and power was restored shortly after.”…