Rochester Public Utilities

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Responding firefighters found heavy smoke coming from a large structure containing a gas-powered turbine.

The advisory follows the closure of the busy street after a contractor broke a water main on Wednesday afternoon.

RPU says the project will allow the utility provider to serve load growth for downtown Rochester and southern Rochester.

Parts of Rochester saw 2.5 inches of rain.

It appears the worst storm damage was in Winona County.

The drawdown is scheduled to begin December 9.

The latest updates indicates power has been restored in some neighborhoods.

The workers left town this morning.

So just how is RPU putting up its new Westside Solar Field? Check out this time-lapse video...

RPU issued an advisory earlier this week about water service lines.

The same advisory was issued a year ago.

It applies to many water customers.

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