7,000+ Austin Energy customers without power Saturday morning

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A power outage in the Wells Branch area of North Austin and Travis County has left more than 7,000 Austin Energy customers without electricity on Saturday morning.
According to Austin Energy’s Outage reporting tool, two outages were reported at 8:12 a.m. – one affecting 3,438 customers and a second outage affecting 4,123 customers. Austin Energy estimates that electricity will be restored by 9:42 a.m.
It is not clear what caused the outage.