Many residents of Albany and Lynn townships awoke Tuesday morning only to discover their alarm clocks read 11:30 p.m.

That was the time the night before, Feb. 25, when the lights went out for some 275 Met-Ed customers in those two communities.

According to Met-Ed External Affairs Manager Karen R. Baxter, the electricity went off 6 p.m. Monday night due to a problem with a transformer at the Met-Ed substation along Route 737, Kempton.

The reason for the difference between the company's time of outage and the time reported by area residents, including Betty Wilson, who lives across the street from the substation, could not be explained.

Baxter said power was restored 1:30 p.m. Feb. 26.

Met-Ed crews were working at the substation during the early morning hours of Feb. 26.

A bright yellow module substation was brought to the Kempton site during the day on Tuesday.

Baxter said the mobile "mod sub" was brought there as a precaution, but repairs were able to be made to the transformer.

Reports from residents indicate more than 30 workers and 10 trucks of various sizes were at the scene.

"The crews did a lot of trouble shooting," Baxter said. "The module substation has its own crew.

"Workers came from Hamburg and Reading area line shops.

"Everyone, including supervisors and technicians, were trying to fiqure out the quickest way to restore power."

Baxter told The Press Wednesday morning even though repairs were made to the substation, the module substation would remain in place, inside the fence of the substation.

"They decided to leave the 'mod sub' there and do upgrades to the substation," Baxter said, adding there should not be any power outages when they disconnect from the substation and connect to the modular unit.