Temporary power shutoffs near and in John Day tonight
By Logan Bagett on Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
JOHN DAY – Expect more outages tonight, as the Oxbo Mega Transport Solutions rigs will continue their pass through Grant County. Currently, the outfit is parked between Mt. Vernon and John Day along U.S. Highway 26. According to Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative, they’re scheduled to get moving around 9 p.m. and are only supposed to go a few miles into John Day before stopping for the day.
Even so, there are 49 wire crossings that ODOT will be temporarily shutting the power off to in that 6-mile stretch. The outages will happen between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. The cooperative doesn’t know exactly what times the outages will occur, but officials have mentioned that if your power is out for longer than 2 hours, to call the OTEC outage hotline at 1-866-430-4265.
Tomorrow night, the load will move south on U.S. 395C 42 miles to Trout Creek.
Find the estimated schedule below:
| Estimated Progress | Miles | Wires | |
| June 19-20 | US395B MP 81.7 (Long Creek) to US26 MP 156.7 (Mount Vernon) | 42 | 53 |
| June 20-21 | to US395C MP 0.5 (John Day) | 6 | 49 |
| June 21-22 | To US395C MP 42.3 (Trout Creek) | 42 | 49 |
| June 22-23 | To OR78 MP 16.9 (Lawen) | 42 | 44 |
| June 23-24 | to OR78 MP 91 (Burns Junction) | 74 | 53 |
| June 24-25 | On-Hold for Utility Availability | 0 | 0 |
| June 25-26 | To ID Border | 66 | 40 |
