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Edmonton and area power outages leave thousands in the dark: Epcor

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Dark houses are seen in the Glenridding Heights neighbourhood during a power outage that affected 42,000 Edmontonians in multiple neighbourhoods in Edmonton on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
Dark houses are seen in the Glenridding Heights neighbourhood during a power outage that affected 42,000 Edmontonians in multiple neighbourhoods in Edmonton on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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There were eight power outages between south Edmonton and Nisku Monday night, one of which affected at least 40,500 customers, Epcor said.

According to the utility provider’s outage map , about 34 neighbourhoods lost power between 6:15 p.m. and 6:24 p.m. in eight separate outages.

Epcor lists “equipment repair” and “equipment failure” as the cause for the outages, and estimates that it will restore power to some of those neighbourhoods by between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

As of 9:50 p.m., about 24,000 customers were still affected by four remaining outages with an estimated restoration time of 11:30 p.m., Epcor said.

Emergency lights are seen on in the Chappelle Springs apartments during a power outage affecting 42,000 Edmontonians in multiple neighbourhoods in Edmonton, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
Emergency lights are seen on in the Chappelle Springs apartments during a power outage affecting 42,000 Edmontonians in multiple neighbourhoods in Edmonton, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia

The affected neighbourhoods include:
• Allard
• Ambleside
• Blackburne
• Blackmud Creek
• Callaghan
• Cashman
• Cavanagh
• Charlesworth
• Decoteau North
• Desrochers Area
• Chappelle Area
• Edmonton South Central
• Edmonton South Central East
• Edmonton South West
• Ellerslie
• Ellerslie Industrial
• Glenridding Heights
• Graydon Hill
• Glenridding Ravine
• Hays Ridge Area
• Heritage Valley Area
• Heritage Valley Town Centre Area
• Keswick Area
• Laurel
• MacEwan
• Meltwater
• The Orchards at Ellerslie
• Paisley
• Richford
• Rutherford
• Summerside
• Walker
• Windermere
• Windermere Area

Source: EdmontonJournal

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