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Power Restored After New Year's Eve Outages In Midland, Odessa

By: Dylan Brooks

Updated: January 1, 2013

MIDLAND -- Power has been restored to everyone affected by New Year's Eve power outages in the Midland-Odessa area.

    ONCOR officials tell Big 2 that some equipment failed at a substation near the Midland International Airport on December 31st.

    Some power lines also went down in the area.

    At one point, about 600 homes and businesses were in the dark -- including Big 2.

    ONCOR is now reporting that they've restored power for everyone affected.

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