Power restored on Johns Island after outage affected thousands

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - Berkeley Electric Cooperate says power has been restored after an outage left over 6,000 customers without power on Johns Island Sunday.

Their system control reported a lockout at their Johns Island substation just before 9 a.m., according to Micah Ponce with Berkeley Electric Cooperative.

Berkeley Electric Cooperative’s website says that 6,126 Johns Island customers were without power as of 9:30 a.m., and the outage was originally reported at 8:15 a.m.

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