Outage affects 2,000 customers

Nearly 2,000 Xcel Energy customers in Tucumcari lost power for almost 90 minutes on Friday night.

Wes Reeves of Xcel stated in an email Saturday the outage was caused by a damaged line connection near the Campbell Avenue substation in Tucumcari.

“They were able to restore power after a repair was made,” he wrote.

Reeves stated the outage lasted for 83 minutes for 1,989 customers in Tucumcari.

Most of the outage was reported on the city’s east side.