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One day after hitting all-time power peak, OUC reports outage in downtown Orlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The power went out at the Orange County courthouse for 20 minutes on Tuesday pausing testimony in court cases and trapping people in elevators at lunchtime.

The Orlando Utilities Commission said the power was restored by 12:15 p.m. Tuesday and that no cause for the outage has been determined.

The outage came one day after OUC reported an all-time power use record. The utilities company said its users hit the record for the most power ever used at one moment in the company's 96-year history.

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The company said its previous all-time power peak was set in August 2016.

She said testimony paused because power was needed to show videos and photos to the jury.

At 12:20 p.m., Butler said crews from the Orlando Fire Department were at the courthouse working to free people who were trapped in elevators during the outage.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Eyewitness News for updates.

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