Shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, LPEA said the power in the Bayfield area should be over soon.

The power went out at 6:28 p.m. Sunday, affecting 602 La Plata Electric Association customers in the Bayfield area.

Line crews were on scene as of 6:52 p.m. By 7:45 p.m., they had determined the problem was not in the substation, so they were patrolling the line, LPEA spokeswoman Indiana Reed said.

The cause appeared to be weather-related, she said.

“We’ve got lots of thunder and lightning up here right now,” said Reed, who lives between Durango and Vallecito.

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