Power Restored to Most Customers After Center City Transformer Failure

Power has been restored to most customers after a transformer failure put hundreds of Center City residents in the dark.

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PECO officials tell NBC10 there was a problem with the underground transformer on 12th and Walnut streets.

Firefighters and PECO workers responded to the scene. The failure caused outages to 394 customers. As of 10:15 p.m., power was restored to all but 26 customers.

Crews continue to repair the transformer. They have not yet revealed what caused the failure.

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