An interruption in power left 1,042 La Plata Electric Association customers without electricity Tuesday for almost two hours in the Hillcrest neighborhood.

A connection in an underground junction box failed, triggering the outage at 9:28 a.m., said LPEA Operations Manager Steve Gregg.

All but six nonresidential customers in the Hillcrest and SkyRidge areas and down Goeglein Gulch toward town had their power restored by 11:18 a.m.

The six nonresidential sites are pumps or light meters, Gregg said.

daler@durangoherald.com