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Tips

The Town of Clayton does our best to ensure that you have as few service interruptions as possible, but sometimes weather conditions or car accidents cause the power to go off. If that should happen, here’s what to do:

First

• Check your fuses and circuit breakers. 
• Inform everyone in your family where the breaker box is located and how to handle fuses and breakers. 
• If this isn’t the source of the problem, call and leave a message on the Public Works emergency line at (302) 653-8419. 

We don’t automatically know when there is an outage. We rely on you to let us know. 

Second

• Turn off your electric water heater (usually the top left-hand circuit breaker)
• Unplug your microwave, VCR, and TV so that it won’t be damaged by a power overload when the electricity comes back on.
• Turn on your porch light or other outside light so our crews can see which houses have power and which don’t. It also helps them know when and where the power is back on.

Be Prepared

• Have flashlights and a battery-powered radio (with fresh batteries).
• For a major power outage, we will notify local radio stations of the situation and they will keep you informed.
• Call only once. During a major outage, the phones are very, very busy.