Power restored for 45K EPCOR south Edmonton customers
Over Monday night and early Tuesday morning, power returned for some 45,000 EPCOR customers affected by an outage.
EPCOR's website said at least 45,536 customers, most in neighbourhoods south of Anthony Henday Drive, lost power starting at 6:15 p.m.
EPCOR said the cause was under investigation and the estimated restoration time was 9:30 p.m. However, as of 9:55 p.m., most affected neighbourhoods were still waiting for power restoration. Traffic lights were also out in the areas, and drivers reported delays.
"We appreciate the public’s support as we work as quickly and safely to restore power," EPCOR said in a statement Monday night, providing no other details on what caused the problem.
According to a company spokesperson, half of the affected customers saw power restored by 10:30 p.m. The rest were brought back online in intervals throughout early Tuesday morning.
"Our first priority is always to restore power and then our crews will investigate the nature of the equipment failure. We want to thank customers for their patience and support of our crews as they worked through the night," Laura Ehrkamp wrote in a statement.
She said the investigation would take some time.
CTV News Edmonton requested an interview with EPCOR on Tuesday, but the request was denied.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said they received eight calls for elevator rescues between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday night.
More than 30 neighbourhoods were listed in the original outage, including:
Allard, Ambleside, Blackburne, Blackmud Creek, Callaghan, Cashman, Chappelle Area, Charlesworth, Cavanagh, Decoteau North, Desrochers Area, Edmonton South Central, Edmonton South Central East, Edmonton South West, Ellerslie, Ellerslie Industrial, Glenridding Heights, Glenridding Ravine, Graydon Hill, Hays Ridge Area, Heritage Valley Area, Heritage Valley Town Centre Area, Keswick Area, Laurel, The Orchards At Ellerslie, MacEwan, Meltwater, Paisley, Richford, Rutherford, Summerside, Windermere, Walker, and the Windermere Area.
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