Stray balloons were identified as the cause of an outage that affected more than 2,600 Silicon Valley Power customers on Sunday morning.
The outage occurred around 10 a.m. and power was restored about an hour later the utility said, posting a picture of a red balloon ensnared in a power line.but that didn’t appear to be the case.
“Balloons can be a fun way to celebrate but they’re no fun for your neighbors if they get loose and tangled in power lines,” the utility tweeted. “Please remember to always tie or weigh them down!”The California Balloon Law was passed in 1990 to reduce power outages due to metallized Mylar or foil balloons.
The balloon law prohibits the sale or distribution of a balloon that is constructed of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air without affixing an object of sufficient weight to the balloon to keep it from flying away. © Copyright 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Bay City News contributed to this report
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