Sparkly Power Towers

[SC4BOY 20]

I know I've read this somewhere in my distant past, but can't recall, nor can I find by searching,  what it is indicating. What does it mean when a power tower has "lightening" sparks around it?

 Thanks..

[Robbert 0]

electricity funding is too low, don't know what the effects of sparks are...

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Some part of your grid is underfunded. This often happens when you set the funding in the WTE plant to zero.  Sparky towers may eventually overheat and burn down.

[Prophet42 1,500]

The sparks can actually start fires in surrounding tiles (not just the towers themselves).  It is better to raise funding then risk the chance of burning down a tower and losing power to part of your city.

[SC4BOY 20]

In all my time playing I have often had sparkly towers. I've never had a fire result. Of the comments above it COULD result from 0 funded WTE as I often use this mechanism. However, it occurs in tiles where the is no WTE. And it also occurs in cities where I have what would seem to be more than adequate funding. For example it was happening ot a smallish city with one power plant (fundied a good 20% over usage) and no WTE. It happens in cities where all Power is purchased (or almost all.. maybe a wind tower) etc.. It seems to me there is more to this than we know. Be interesting to find a good answer. BTW there is a GOOD way to find the "sparklies" .. hehe.. if you put the "desirability" filter on and scan at relative close range.. no more than 3 pops back from closest. Anyways.. thanks to all who have responded. I have tested the funding thing, and don't think that is it.. however I admit I don't know what it is..

[ShortStraw 1]

I've had the same sparkly tower thing happen before as well.  I never decrease funding for my utilities and the sparkles have shown up even when my supply is well above my demand.  For me, it's always a neighbor connection tower or one very near the neighbor connection tower.  I've always resolved it by just adding another tower as a replacement then demolishing the sparkly one.  No idea what causes it, beyond what I've read in this thread.

[Simcitytrainer 3]

Probably a bug with the drop off.Odd bugs happen at the drop off.I have only had problems with towers sparking when I lower the power funding to around 20%.It is likely that 20% is the sparking number.Or near it.