Four AEP bucket trucks are pictured installing a temporary substation at Shank Avenue in Hurricane on Monday, February 17th.

When a planned detonation at the DSI Landfill at 3:53 p.m. on Sycamore Ridge knocked out a 138 kV transmission tower and lines, both AEP and 1,900 customers knew what happened.

After assessing the damage, AEP informed the City of Hurricane that the company would be constructing a temporary substation on its property on Shank Avenue…