By Consuelo McAboy
Last week, many Saginaw county residents experienced a power outage caused by vandalism. Today, Consumers Energy continues to search for the perpetrators in the incident.
Nearly two thousand electric customers were without service for 20 hours on Friday. The damaged substation is located in a swampy area. The utility crews had to climb 65 foot poles to make the repairs.
Timothy Pictryga is a spokesperson for Consumers Energy. He said the incident caused a lot of damage to the substation.
"Some vandals were walking along the railroad tracks and chose to use our facilities basically our insulators and our poles as target practice. In doing so, they damaged 10 insulators and several wooden cross arms which had to be replaced."
Pictryga said Consumers Energy is offering an award of up to two thousand dollars for any information on the vandalism.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Consumers Energy asset protection department at 1-800-760-3295.