Thousands of Hydro-Quebec customers without power in Montreal: Major outage nears completion

Shortly after 4 p.m., Crown claimed it was close to restoring service, and in fact, around 7 p.m., the number of affected customers dropped to just over 11,500 across the province, including fewer than 2,000 in Montreal.

The cause of these malfunctions is said to be “equipment failure”. According to the state-owned company, the power outage occurred after a protection mechanism on one of the high-voltage transmission lines failed.

The Hotel Montérégie was also affected by a power outage. Around 4 p.m., 17,465 customers in the area were without power. The situation has also improved since then.

One of our high voltage transmission lines is currently caused by a failure of the protection mechanism # Malfunctions in the west of the island @employee. The most affected sectors are @employeeAnd @employeeAnd @employeeAnd @employeeAnd @employeeAnd @employee…

– Hydro Quebec (hydroquebec) July 6, 2023

join Noovo informationHydro-Québec spokesman Francis Labe stated that the outage was most located between Laval Island and west of Montreal Island.

Hydro-Quebec later indicated via Twitter that “voltage recovery on the affected high-voltage line is in progress.”

“We will soon be able to start restoring service in affected neighborhoods. The majority of affected customers should be back on service by late afternoon or early evening. Analysis is ongoing to find out the exact cause of the trigger,” the state-owned company announced.

Voltage is being restored on the affected high voltage line. We will soon be able to start restoring service in the affected neighborhoods. The majority of affected customers should have service restored by late afternoon or early evening…

– Hydro Quebec (hydroquebec) July 6, 2023

“Things can go really fast once we get all of that started,” Mr. Lappy added.

The outage comes as Environment Canada issued a heat warning for several regions of Quebec, including Greater Montreal. According to meteorologists, the heat will continue on Thursday with “humidity values ​​close to 40 degrees Celsius”.

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Because of this major outage, Montreal-Trudeau Airport was also affected.

Some activities were disrupted at Montreal-Trudeau Airport due to a #Separation main electrical. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. pic.twitter.com/YoI1pzEsoD

– YUL Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (yulaeroport) July 6, 2023

With information from The Canadian Press