The cable is not expected to be repaired until the afternoon.
WEST SPRINGFIELD – A fault in an underground cable has left the Riverdale Shops without electricity Saturday morning.
The outage happened at about 7 a.m. Western Massachusetts Electric Company is working to repair the cable, said Sandra Ahearn, Western Massachusetts Electric Company spokeswoman.
“It will take some time to isolate the issue and make repairs. We will be here well into the afternoon,” she said.
The outage only affects the shopping center. The company is trying to install a temporary transmission line to restore power earlier, Ahearn said.
Some stores closed because of the lack of power but others have not. Police said no traffic problems have been reported.
An employee at Stop and Shop said it is open but refrigerated goods such as meat and milk are not being sold because they had to be moved to back coolers which are operated by generators.