Power outages plague the state over the weekend, more possible [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — Several power outages over the weekend left thousands of Utahans without lights or AC for hours. Even more outages are likely this summer.

“Each summer when we have the first run of really hot weather, there are some trouble spots on our system that tend to present themselves,” said David Eskelsen, spokesperson for Rocky Mountain Power.

At one point on Friday, around 20,000 Utahns didn’t have power in their homes. Over two thousand more citizens dealt with outages on Saturday.

The outages were caused by several different incidents ranging from a vehicle accident, to a fire, to equipment failure. Each outage was cleared after a few hours.

“There’s a certain amount of wear and tear on electric systems that isn’t necessarily visible,” said Eskelsen.

“So when we start reaching our peak use time [in the summer], some of those trouble spots cause outages. And we get on them as fast as we can.”

Eskelsen says Rocky Mountain …