Multiple power outages reported impacting nearly 17,000 customers possibly weather related; EP Electric

UPDATE (4:54 PM) -- A spokesperson with El Paso Electric has provided the following statement regarding the power outages:

We are currently responding to multiple outages affecting customers across portions of our service area. Crews and system operators are actively assessing conditions and working to safely restore power as quickly as possible. We appreciate our customers' patience as crews respond to this developing situation.

We are still gathering information from our operations teams regarding the cause of these outages, but they do appear to be weather-related. At this time, crews are focused on assessing conditions, making repairs where needed, and restoring service safely and as quickly as possible. We will share additional information as it becomes available.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- According to the El Paso Electric Outage map, there are over 64 reported outages throughout the Borderland.

According to El Paso Electric, 16,888 customers are currently out of power.

ABC-7 has reached out to El Paso Electric regarding the outages.

Once more information becomes available we will update you on air and online.