A cable fault caused a power outage in the Oliver neighbourhood, west of downtown Edmonton, according to an EPCOR spokesperson.
A cable fault is when the insultation of a power cable deteriorates enough that it can no longer contain the voltage, causing the short.
The EPCOR website said the power went off just after 10:20 a.m. Thursday, impacting 3,671 customers.
Power was restored around 12:30 p.m.
