AEL&P: Bird top suspect in downtown power outage

AEL&P headquarters in Lemon Creek. (Photo by Casey Kelly/KTOO)
Alaska Electric Light and Power believes a bird triggered the power outage in downtown Juneau Friday night.
Debbie Driscoll with AEL&P said power stopped flowing from the Second St. substation at 6:12 p.m. Friday.
“We didn’t see anything on inspection, but we were told by an eyewitness that they saw a bird make contact with the line and then fly away, and at that point is when the power tripped off,” Driscol