What to Do If Your Lights Dim or Flicker During a Storm
If your lights briefly dim or flicker during or immediately following stormy weather, don’t worry.
- These incidents are a normal occurrence as OUC’s electrical grid isolates damaged circuits to minimize larger outages. Often, these events involve power lines that have been impacted by high winds, flying debris or vegetation, such as falling trees or tree limbs.
- Dim or flickering lights do not indicate a weakness or fault in OUC’s system. You do not have to call OUC to report these incidents.
- If your service outage lasts more than 10 minutes, please contact OUC, as this indicates a sustained power outage.
Please be aware that OUC conducts ongoing, systematic tree-trimming throughout the year in our entire electrical system to limit both momentary and extended outages. Wildlife protection is also installed at our overhead transformer locations.