UPDATE: NYSEG Equipment Failure Caused Livingston County Balckout
UPDATE: Electricity Returns to 1,400 in Southern Livingston County
DANSVILLE – A power outage has left approximately 1,400 people without electricity Monday afternoon.
According to New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG), 1,401 customers are without power in Dansville, North Dansville, Ossian, West Sparta, and Mount Morris.
Power is expected to be restored within the next hour.
Employees at Tops on Franklin Street and Rite Aid on Foster Wheeler Drive in Dansville say that they lost power at about noon on Monday.
The traffic signal at Commerce Drive and Franklin Street is also currently out. Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and NYS Police vehicles are alerting drivers there.
Dansville Police, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and NYS Police said that they were not aware of any power lines down in the area.