Power outage southwest of Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS — About 1,600 Rocky Mountain Power customers are without power.

The area affected is between Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 20, southwest of Idaho Falls (roughly between New Sweden and Woodville). See the outage map here.

The utility said the cause is a damaged power line. The outage was reported before 4 p.m. Wednesday. Crews have been notified, and Rocky Mountain Power said the lights should be back on before 1 a.m. Thursday.

It is unknown whether this is related to the downed power line prompting a road closure on U.S. Highway 91.

We will update this story as more information becomes available.