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Photos: Number of Sudburians without power after Friday wind storm now down to 860

Hydro One now estimates 11:30 p.m. this evening for full power restoration

Updated Sept. 24 at 11:50 a.m.

According to the latest update, issued by Hydro One at 11:30 a.m. Monday, there are still 860 customers in the Sudbury area who are without power. The utility still estimates power will be fully restored to all customers by 11:30 p.m. Monday.

Updated Sept .24 at 7:30 a.m.

According to an update issued by Hydro One just after 9 p.m. Sunday, the number of customers without power was down to 1,174 at that point. The utility estimated crews would have power restored to all customers by 11:30 p.m. Monday.

Updated Sept. 23 at 5:50 p.m.

According to the latest updated issued by Hydro One at around 4:20 p.m. Sunday, there are still 2,086 customers in the Sudbury area still without power. The estimated time of restoration is 6 p.m. Monday.

Updated Sept. 23 at 12:20 p.m.

According to the latest update issued by Hydro One at around 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning, a total of 2,674 customers in the Sudbury area are still without power. Crews expect to have power restored to all customers by 6 p.m. Monday.

"Restoration efforts continue as Hydro One has restored approximately 348,276 customers, with 405,249 customers affected across the province since the start of the event," said a press release.

"At this time there are approximately 57,000 customers without power across Hydro One’s distribution system. Approximately 16,100 Hydro One customers in the North region remain without power at this time. All available crews are responding to outages as quickly and safely as possible and additional crews have been mobilized to the hardest hit areas. Hydro One has approximately 190 staff working in the region along with three helicopters."

Updated Sept. 23 at 10:30 a.m.

There are still well over 1,000 Hydro One customers without power in the Greater Sudbury area this morning, according to Hydro One's power outage map.

Crews expect to be able to restore power by around 11:30 p.m. tonight at the latest, according to information on the map.

Updated Sept. 22 at 4:15 p.m.

An update sent out by Hydro One just before 4 p.m. indicates that 5,626 Hydro One customers in the Sudbury area are still without power. Crews are hoping to have power restored by 10 p.m. this evening.

"Restoration efforts continue as Hydro One has restored approximately 283,000 customers, with 380,000 customers affected across the province since the start of the event," said a press release.

"At this time there are approximately 97,000 customers without power across Hydro One’s distribution system. Approximately 21,000 Hydro One customers in the North region remain without power at this time. All available crews are responding to outages as quickly and safely as possible and additional crews are being mobilized to the hardest hit areas. As areas are restored crews and available resources will be redeployed through the province to service affected areas. Hydro One has approximately 190 staff working in the region along with three helicopters."

Updated Sept. 22 at 4 p.m.

Greater Sudbury Hydro issued the following update at around 3:20 p.m. Saturday:

Greater Sudbury Hydro has successfully restored power to all customers affected by yesterday's windstorm, with the exception of addresses which suffered damage to their service masts.

We cannot connect electricity to a damaged mast. Homeowners must get a licensed electrician to make repairs and obtain a reconnection authorization certificate from ESA before we can reconnect service.

We will continue to pick away at "tree on line" calls for the next few days.

We thank our customers for their patience and understanding during this weather event.

Updated Sept. 22 at 12 p.m.

Hydro One issued a press release just before noon Saturday, saying that 6,580 customers in the Sudbury area remain without power. The utility's outage map shows the estimated time of repair for most areas of the city is around 6 p.m. Saturday.

"All available crews are responding to outages as quickly and safely as possible and additional crews are being mobilized to the hardest hit areas," said a press release from Hydro One. "As areas are restored crews and available resources will be redeployed through the province to service affected areas. Hydro One has approximately 170 staff working in the region along with three helicopters."

Greater Sudbury Hydro also provided the following update as of 10 a.m. Saturday:

Greater Sudbury Hydro crews areas back in the field working to restore power.

First Priority for one crew is finishing repairs on the broken pole on Kelly Lake Road. Some residents in that area will experience an outage of a couple hours today while the crew moves equipment between poles. This is critical to powering that entire area.

Meanwhile, other crews are working on "No Power" calls first, then will proceed to "Tree on line" calls. 

These are localized issues affecting one or a few homes in various areas across the city. There are approximately 100 such calls on the list, and we have organized them in a geographic manner to minimize travel time.

If we visit a home and find the service mast has been damaged, we will NOT be able to reconnect the electricity. Homeowners will need to have a licensed electrician repair damaged service masts and obtain an ESA connection authorization certificate before we can reconnect. 

We urge people to be proactive and have a look at their service masts. Line up an electrician now to expedite your reconnection process. For more info on connection authorization, visit www.esasafe.com. 

If customers return home and notice a coil of wire hanging off their house and no electricity, please call us. It's likely due to a damaged mast that we could not connect.

We have also heard from some customers concerned about food safety. Public Health Sudbury has good info available at www.phsd.ca/news/food-safety-power-outage.

Assume all downed lines and trees on lines are dangerous and stay at least 10 metres — a full bus length away.

We are doing everything we can to get everyone back on line.

Original story:

High winds of 70 to 100 km/h that blew in Greater Sudbury and across the province Friday caused some damage and left many people without power.

As of 9:40 p.m. Friday, there were 7,802 Hydro One customers in the Greater Sudbury area without power.

According to Hydro One's power outage map, hundreds of customers in this area are still without power as of Saturday morning, mainly in the Beaver Lake, Walden, Wahnapitae, Wanup, and Capreol areas.

You can check out that map here for information on when the utility expects power to be restored.

In terms of Sudbury Hydro customers, at one point Friday, about 300 customers were without power in Copper Cliff and 1,100 in the Kelly Lake Road and Robinson areas due to downed power lines and broken poles.

As of this morning, the utility said on Twitter that outages are now “very localized,” affecting “one or a handful of customers.”

The first priority is for no power situations, and then crews will move onto tree on line reports. Treat all downed lines or trees as dangerous, Sudbury Hydro said.

We do have one closure related to yesterday's high winds to report.

Onaping Falls Pool is closed Saturday due to a power outage in the area. The City of Greater Sudbury says it will provide an update when the pool re-opens.

Do you have a photo of wind damage you'd like to share with Sudbury.com? Send it to [email protected] or post it in the comments below, and we'll include your pic in a photo gallery.


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