UPDATE: As of 11:45 a.m., power has been restored for most customers affected by the outages. Around 350 customers remain without power. *** MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Over 10,000 Memphis Light, Gas, and Water customers were without power on Wednesday morning. The MLGW outage map showed a total of 30 outages affecting around 10,500 customers around 10 a.m. MLGW crews are in the affected areas working to restore power. MLGW later said the outage was caused by a damaged breaker at a substation. They say they are investigating what caused the damage, but it does not appear to be weather-related. Photo courtesy of Memphis Light, Gas, and Water The University of Memphis sent an email alert to students advising that the outages began affecting the university just before 10 a.m., causing limited access to campus facilities. Photo from MLGW Outage Map We have reached out to MLGW to learn more. MLGW power outage map