They actually agreed to replace all those ancient copper lines and upgrade the grid for us which still feels like a total fever dream even though I am reading the email confirmation right now. I honestly cannot thank you enough for sticking with me while we kept pestering them about …
February 22, 2021
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North Kessler Manor, a neighborhood situated between 56th and Kessler Blvd and Keystone and Rural, has unreliable electricity. Parts of our neighborhood lose electricity when we have normal rain or on windy days. An IPL contractor who was out repairing a line over a year ago mentioned that our neighborhood has the 'old copper lines' that are fragile and need to be replaced. Given that the neighbors across Keystone (to the west) and across Rural (to the east) rarely lose power, it makes it even more frustrating when we are all sitting in the dark because we know it is preventable. We would like to request that IPL review their records of outages in our neighborhood and communicate with our neighborhood about plans for addressing this issue. We have listed just a few of the notable outages below.
8/11/20 - 10 hours
4/8/20 - 16 hours
3/19/20 - 6 hours
10/8/19 - 9.5 hours
8/18/19 - 14 hours
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Reached 250 supporters
January 16, 2021
September 13, 2020
I was just out walking the dog earlier and saw the maintenance truck sitting near the corner again which is honestly laughable considering nothing actually gets fixed. My inbox is totally full of people sharing their own horror stories about ruined appliances or lost food and it makes me want to scream because this really is just about those ancient copper lines. I am currently trying to track down a contact who actually works in the service department so hopefully I can corner someone with these lists of outages soon.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2020
93 Comments
One of the power outages caused severe flooding in my basement due to my sump pump not being to run. It caused thousands of dollars if damage. I did get a battery back up sump pump after that.
It is indeed very frustrating to experience power outages as frequently as we do in North Kessler Manor. We moved to this neighborhood six years ago and have lost hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of spoiled groceries due to long power outages. We’ve even considered selling our house and moving because of the unreliable electricity here!
We need more reliable electric power so that we can all work and do school from home. I’m also concerned how unreliable power will potentially impact property values. We pay the same as our neighbors across the street who maintain power in storms, so we should enjoy the same reliability.
My wife is on an oxygen concentrator 24/7 now. It is frightening when we have to go to limited time battery back up when electrical power is lost.
We have lived in this neighborhood since 1963. In the early and middle years we rarely suffered from power outages. In the last few years we have experienced more outages than in all the other years combined.
Ebertfurt
Cruickshankfurt
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They actually agreed to replace all those ancient copper lines and upgrade the grid for us which still feels like a total fever dream even though I am reading the email confirmation right now. I honestly cannot thank you enough for sticking with me while we kept pestering them about …
February 22, 2021
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North Kessler Manor, a neighborhood situated between 56th and Kessler Blvd and Keystone and Rural, has unreliable electricity. Parts of our neighborhood lose electricity when we have normal rain or on windy days. An IPL contractor who was out repairing a line over a year ago mentioned that our neighborhood has the 'old copper lines' that are fragile and need to be replaced. Given that the neighbors across Keystone (to the west) and across Rural (to the east) rarely lose power, it makes it even more frustrating when we are all sitting in the dark because we know it is preventable. We would like to request that IPL review their records of outages in our neighborhood and communicate with our neighborhood about plans for addressing this issue. We have listed just a few of the notable outages below.
8/11/20 - 10 hours
4/8/20 - 16 hours
3/19/20 - 6 hours
10/8/19 - 9.5 hours
8/18/19 - 14 hours
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 16, 2021
September 13, 2020
I was just out walking the dog earlier and saw the maintenance truck sitting near the corner again which is honestly laughable considering nothing actually gets fixed. My inbox is totally full of people sharing their own horror stories about ruined appliances or lost food and it makes me want to scream because this really is just about those ancient copper lines. I am currently trying to track down a contact who actually works in the service department so hopefully I can corner someone with these lists of outages soon.
Reached 100 supporters
September 1, 2020
93 Comments
We have a pole behind our house that always has problems. IPL workers said they will never fix it when we asked. Pole rocks during storms and box has blown severalmtimes... p.s. we have had harsh winters without power for 5 days or more before in this neighborhood.
One of the power outages caused severe flooding in my basement due to my sump pump not being to run. It caused thousands of dollars if damage. I did get a battery back up sump pump after that.
It is indeed very frustrating to experience power outages as frequently as we do in North Kessler Manor. We moved to this neighborhood six years ago and have lost hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth of spoiled groceries due to long power outages. We’ve even considered selling our house and moving because of the unreliable electricity here!
We need more reliable electric power so that we can all work and do school from home. I’m also concerned how unreliable power will potentially impact property values. We pay the same as our neighbors across the street who maintain power in storms, so we should enjoy the same reliability.
My wife is on an oxygen concentrator 24/7 now. It is frightening when we have to go to limited time battery back up when electrical power is lost.
We have lived in this neighborhood since 1963. In the early and middle years we rarely suffered from power outages. In the last few years we have experienced more outages than in all the other years combined.
Ebertfurt
Cruickshankfurt
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We have a pole behind our house that always has problems. IPL workers said they will never fix it when we asked. Pole rocks during storms and box has blown severalmtimes... p.s. we have had harsh winters without power for 5 days or more before in this neighborhood.