Animal interference is one of the top three causes of power outages for Memphis, Light, Gas and Water customers.

Parts of Columbia, South Carolina experienced power outages Monday, all thanks to a squirrel. The sneaky critter had somehow scurried across a Dominion Energy transformer and damaged it. Unfortunately ...

Replacing a substation transformer damaged by a squirrel may cost GUC up to $1 million, the organization’s general manager reported Thursday. “The squirrel got on top of the transformer and it went to ...

Galloway Township fire officials blamed a squirrel for shorting out a transformer that feeds Absegami High School, resulting in a fire at the school Tuesday afternoon. The school will be closed today ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The power went nuts in Virginia Beach Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused an outage for over 10,000 customers across the city, including two schools. Bonita Billingsley ...

RUTLAND (AP) -- A squirrel found its way into a power station, landing on a transformer and triggering a power outage that left about 3,200 homes and businesses in the dark, authorities said. "The ...

In a sizzling display of sabotage, a daredevil or just plain dim-witted squirrel brought down a Vienna power transformer Thursday morning, and with it the electricity of 2,700 residents and a handful ...

Churchgoers fanned themselves against the heat during early services while others woke to darkened homes after more than 7,200 New Braunfels residents lost electricity Sunday morning. All of that, it ...

MT. PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) - SCE&G officials say a squirrel managed to knock out a transformer on Lansing Drive on Friday morning, causing a power outage for the surrounding area. The power company says ...

GREENWICH — An equipment malfunction that may have been caused by a squirrel knocked out power to more than 400 customers in central Greenwich, as well as Town Hall, early Thursday morning. The ...