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HARTLAND -- A handful of National Grid customers in the area of Hartland and Ridge roads are currently without power, thanks to the first round of winter weather in East Niagara.

National Grid says it is assessing the condition for the affected customers but does not yet have an anticipated restoration time.

The Hartland outage is one of about a dozen throughout Western New York tonight brought on by a mixture of heavy snow and freezing rain. In all, 676 National Grid customers in Western New York are without power. Another 23 NYSEG customers in Chautauqua County are also without electricity.

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NYSEG crews work to repair two severed high-tension wires on Hinmann Road this afternoon. To the left, you can see the two wires hanging from the pole. (SCOTT LEFFLER / ENP STAFF)

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A brush hog turns out to have been the culprit behind this afternoon's brief power flicker, according to a NYSEG employee.

Crews were out fixing the severed high-tension wires on Hinmann Road after someone mowing the ditch on the north side of the road accidentally hit a guy wire, which then caused two of the three high-tension wires to snap.

The outage was for only a second or so for the majority of Lockportians but it took the LaFarge quarry offline for much longer, according to NYSEG.

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