Norfork Substation News Today

Substation by Norfork Dam in northern Arkansas catches on fire after lightning strike Christopher Replogle © Provided by Jonesboro KAIT Fire at a power substation near Norfork Dam in northern Arkansas. PINEVILLE, Ark. (KY3) - A lightning strike caused a fire to an electrical substation Sunday afternoon near the Norfork Dam in northern Arkansas, leading to thousands of power outages. A fire broke out at the North Arkansas Electric Cooperative in Pineville, Arkansas after the l...

North Arkansas Electric Cooperative (NAEC) will have two planned outages for members served by the Norfork Substation beginning at 4 a.m. Tuesday and 4 a.m. Friday. The outages are necessary for Southwestern Power Administration personnel to perform work on the dam’s substation and switchyard safely. Each outage is expected to last one-and-a-half hours and will affect the 1,938 member accounts in and around Norfork, Jordan, Lone Rock and Shady Grove areas. Affected members received an automat...