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Home » Press Releases » Sen. Carpenter: Statement on Mylar balloon-caused power outage
(MADISON)—Today, Senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) issued the following statement: “Over the weekend, thousands of residents in Walker’s Point, Lincoln Village, and Bayview experienced a power outage due to the release of mylar balloons. Several WE Energies customers reported that their power was out for hours during the heat of the day. “This recent outage adds to the approximately 120,000 WE E...