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.
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