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Toronto Hydro suffers severe damage, but crews make quick repairs after ice and windstorm hits southern Ontario


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Apr 16, 2018, 12:35 ET

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April storm knocked out power to 44,000 customers in a span of five hours

TORONTO, April 16, 2018 /CNW/ - Toronto Hydro's electrical grid was hammered by Mother Nature late Sunday evening and into Monday morning, but thanks to fast work by crews, the large majority of outages were restored within a matter of hours.

High winds and freezing rain caused powerlines to come down across the city. (CNW Group/Toronto Hydro Corporation)
High winds and freezing rain caused powerlines to come down across the city. (CNW Group/Toronto Hydro Corporation)

Preparations for this storm began as early as Tuesday of last week, as we knew it had the potential to severely impact our system. On Saturday, we had a large number of additional crews available – with more on standby – as well as extra staff in the control room and our call centre.

On Sunday evening, strong winds, which at times were recorded at nearly 100 km/h, pulled down trees and powerlines causing scattered outages across the city. Icy conditions, heavy rain and persistent wind made restoration efforts unsafe in some situations and slowed down restoration efforts.

Significant progress was made overnight, reducing the customer count from 44,000 at 3:00 a.m. to 23,000 at 5 a.m. and then 8,400 by 11 a.m.

Clean-up and restoration efforts will continue until all customers are restored.

QUICK FACTS/DID YOU KNOW?

  • At its peak, the storm knocked out 44,000 customers with 425 outage events
  • According to Environment Canada, wind gusts were recorded at 93 km/h and rainfall was estimated to be between 25 and 35 millimetres from Sunday night into Monday
  • As the volume of outages grew on Sunday evening, Toronto Hydro continued to call in additional resourcing and had deployed every available resource to storm restoration

QUOTES

"We appreciate everyone's patience as we work to restore power around the city. The storm was a disastrous combination of weather events across southern Ontario and caused extensive damage to trees, property and our system. We're focusing our efforts on restoring areas that will bring on the most customers the fastest with safety as our top priority."
-       Ben LaPianta, Executive Vice-President and Chief Customer Care, Electric Operations and Procurement Officer

ABOUT TORONTO HYDRO

Toronto Hydro owns and operates the electricity distribution system for Canada's largest city. A leader in conservation and demand management, it has 766,000 customers located in the city of Toronto and distributes approximately 20% of the electricity consumed in Ontario.

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SOURCE Toronto Hydro Corporation

For further information: Tori Gass, Communications and Public Relations, 416-903-4037, media@torontohydro.com; 24-hour media line: 416-903-6845, media@torontohydro.com

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Toronto Hydro Corporation

Toronto Hydro Corporation is a holding company, which wholly-owns two principal subsidiaries: Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited - which distributes electricity and engages in Conservation and Demand Management ("CDM") activities; and Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. - which provides street lighting services. The principal business of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is the...

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