Power outages still plague much of eastern Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)-
UPDATE: 9-9 5:45 p.m.
Rocky Mountain Power crews ae making progress repairing power lines damaged by Tuesday and Wednesday windstorms.
As of 3 p.m. , the utility had some 96,000 customers out of service in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. That is down from the 180,000 affected at the height of the storm.
Idaho crews are making good progress, reporting only 173 customers still without service. 2,000 Wyoming customers are powerless. In Utah, though, there are 28,000 customers out of power in northern Utah and 64,000 in the Salt Lake Valley.
Some area utilities are still working to repair infrastructure in the wake of Monday night wind storms in eastern Idaho.
Idaho Power is struggling with multiple, spotty outages, especially around Blackfoot, Pocatello and Atomic City. There are no estimates on restoration times for most of them.  You can view the latest IPC outages here.
Rocky Mountain Power reported 271 customers were still without electricity, mainly in the Idaho Falls and Shelley areas. Rocky Mountain Power was particularly battered in Utah where the storm continued to cause damage Tuesday. Over 100,000 customers are still affected there. You can view latest Rocky Mountain Power outages here.
About 800 customers of the Fall River Electric Cooperative living in portions of the Hibbard, Burton, and Archer areas could be affected by a planned power outage.
The outage will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday. It is necessary to protect crews working to replace a primary power pole that was damaged by wind Monday night. The outage is expected to last for about 2 hours. You can track power outages in the Fall River service area here.
