- High winds may cause more outages in eastern Ontario today-
TORONTO, Feb. 29, 2024 Hydro One crews have worked around the clock, restoring power to more than 115,000 customers affected by the damaging high winds that battered parts of central, southern and eastern Ontario yesterday. The outages were mostly caused by severe winds bringing down trees and branches onto distribution lines. At this time there are approximately 17,400 customers without power and customers in eastern Ontario are urged to remain prepared for additional outages today as high winds are expected in the region.
"It's all hands-on deck to get the power restored for our customers as safely and quickly as possible," said Chong Kiat Ng, Vice President, Distribution, Hydro One. "We know life grinds to a halt when the power goes out, so we have mobilized crews from other parts of the province along with our contractors to assist with restoration efforts."
The company reminds the public to stay clear of any fallen power lines. If you spot a fallen line, keep at least 10 metres back, even if it does not appear to be live. Report it to 911 and call Hydro One at 1-800-434-1235. If you plan to use a generator, remember to keep it in a dry area outdoors and away from any open windows, doors or vents.
Tracking and reporting power outages
Hydro One has a number of easy to use outage tools available for customers to report power outages and easily access updates when and how they want. Customers can report outages by texting 92887 (WATTS), through the company's outage map and app, or by calling 1-800-434-1235.
An estimated time of restoration will be determined for each outage once damage has been assessed by our crews. Hydro One's outage tools are updated every 10 minutes as information comes in from crews on the ground.
Hydro One Limited (TSX: H)
Hydro One Limited, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is Ontario's largest electricity transmission and distribution provider with approximately 1.5 million valued customers, approximately $32.8 billion in assets as at December 31, 2023, and annual revenues in 2023 of approximately $7.8 billion.
Our team of approximately 9,700 skilled and dedicated employees proudly build and maintain a safe and reliable electricity system which is essential to supporting strong and successful communities. In 2023, Hydro One invested approximately $2.5 billion in its transmission and distribution networks, and supported the economy through buying approximately $2.5 billion of goods and services.
We are committed to the communities where we live and work through community investment, sustainability and diversity initiatives.
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