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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An ASPA employee completing the repairs to the underground connections in the Utulei area power outage. The heavy rains and wind as well as flooding in the vaults, added to the delays in getting the necessary repairs done safely.
ASPA CEO Wallon Young has explained that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) executive director Wallon Young confirmed over the weekend that last Friday’s power outage, affected the entire island of Tutuila and provided an explanation as to the cause of the outage, which occurred around 7:48a.m.
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![An ASPA employee completing the repairs to the underground connections in the Utulei area power outage. The heavy rains and wind as well as flooding in the vaults, added to the delays in getting the necessary repairs done safely. [courtesy photo] ASPA employee completing the repairs](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/reparing_power_outage_utulei.jpg?itok=dztQrUph)
![This photo provided by the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), shows ASPA linemen repairing an unground transmission line last Friday, to get the power back on for Tutuila island customers. Last Friday’s power outage affected the entire island and depending where you were — lasted for anywhere to a 1/2 hour or 12 hours. [photo: ASPA] ASPA crew working to restore power last Friday](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/transmission_line_repairs.jpg?itok=uJDY6Yrt)