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Avista outages down to 100 people, Northern Lights still seeing more than 3,000 affected

Northern Lights Power outages are affecting more than 7,000 people, while Avista outages are affecting more than 4,300 customers.
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Northern Lights Power outages on Dec. 31, 2019.

SANDPOINT, Idaho — Avista has restored power to almost all of its customers after 4,385 of its customers were without power on Tuesday.

As of 3:40 p.m., about 100 Avista customers were still without power.

Also on Tuesday, 7,847 Northern Lights Power customers were without power due to 10 different outages in the Sandpoint area.

By 3:40 p.m, the number of affected NLP customers was down to 3,480, with power estimated to be restored by 6:30 p.m.

The Avista outages are listed as being caused due to weather, while the NLP outages were caused by an issue at a nearby dam.

Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho woke up to snow on Tuesday morning, which has since turned to rain in some areas.

Credit: KREM
Dec. 31 Avista outages

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