PNM SAYS JUST OVER 1-THOUSAND CUSTOMERS STILL DON'T HAVE POWER SINCE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT DURING THE BIG STORM THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE METRO AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. IT KNOCKED OUT POWER IN ABQ, CORRALES, RIO RANCHO, THE EAST MOUNTAINS, AND SANDOVAL AND VALENCIA COUNTIES. . VALERIE SMITH WITH PNM TELLS US THEY HAD 90 PERCENT OF THEM BACK UP BY SATURDAY … BUT ON SUNDAY, PROGRESS WAS SLOWED BY LARGE UPROOTED TREES THAT HAD FALLEN ONTO UTILITY EQUIPMENT.
SMITH SAYS THEY'RE JUST A BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND ARE CONFIDENT THEY'LL HAVE ALL POWER RESTORED BY TUSDAY. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM, 32 THOUSAND HAD NO POWER
