By Nicole Jao
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An electric equipment failure at a Con Edison substation led to a brief power outage across New York City minutes before midnight on Thursday, the company said.
A fault on a high-tension transmission line led to an explosion at a substation in Brooklyn and a voltage dip across the city, the utility said on Friday. Its spare transmission equipment lent support and power was restored in a matter of seconds.
“We're going to have to investigate through the course of today how significant that damage is and make repairs,” said Matthew Ketschke, president of Con Edison.