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Report: South Side Has More Power Outages Than North Side

CHICAGO (CBS) -- South Side residents really do have more power outages than those on the North Side.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports, the 3rd Ward had 157,000 customer hours without power in 2011

Fifteen wards with the fewest number of outages on are on the North Side.

Com-Ed says the North Side has more underground cables, while the South Side has old-fashioned, above-ground connections.

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