Three hundred homes and businesses in the city of Ottawa spent a dozen nights without electricity, as the cleanup continues after a devastating storm that cut off power and damaged the power grid, leaving a few pockets. Thursday morning.
Hydro Ottawa reported Wednesday evening that electricity had been “successfully restored” to 179,700 of the 180,000 customers left off the grid by a storm of law on May 21.
“The crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore the approximately 300 left without them,” Hydro Ottawa said on Twitter.
As of tonight, we have successfully restored electricity to ~ 179,700 customers. The teams are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore the approx. 300 that run out.
Social media updates will continue tomorrow pic.twitter.com/3gwha9ogaa
– Hydro Ottawa (@hydroottawa) June 2, 2022
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Hydro Ottawa’s disruption map showed no significant disruptions, but at 9:30 a.m., pockets reappeared, affecting more than 300 customers in different areas, including Grenfell Glen. to the west and along Leitrim Road to the east. The map provides estimated catering times on Thursday afternoons.
Hydro Ottawa told Twitter on Thursday morning that 153 Grenfell Glen customers were disconnected due to an emergency outage to remove trees from the area.
“Restoration is expected overnight, with another outage scheduled for tomorrow. This work is vital as the system is still vulnerable,” Hydro Ottawa said.
WORK THAT IS COMPLICATED, TACTICAL
Joseph Muglia, director of systems operations and network automation for Hydro Ottawa, told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s “The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll” that the latest outage bags require complicated work.
“We’re a long way from those bigger pole lines and the bigger circuits you’ve seen teams work on. We’re now in the tactical type of work, closer to home,” he said. “There are smaller pockets in the neighborhoods and there is a circuit that depends on another circuit, so we have to make sure that the upstream circuit is good and that it is guarded. It’s extremely complicated, the way things have to be recovered. “
Muglia said he expects the city to be in “very good shape” by Friday, but there may be some people who need extra work.
“Maybe there’s a tree in your line, maybe there’s a neighbor’s tree in your line, so it gets a little trickier just to do this cleaning and then do the restore, but we’ve been forced to clean the Whatever the conditions in the house, we will get it, we will do the work that we have to do. “
He says forestry equipment and electrical contractors run on hydroelectric equipment for the remaining outages.
“We can get almost a one-stop shop when we show up at these houses,” he said.
WHY NOT BURY THE CABLES?
The wind storm last month destroyed more than 300 hydraulic poles and even deflated metal towers, prompting the issue of burying hydraulic cables to prevent future damage from strong winds.
Muglia said, however, that the buried cables are facing other problems.
“They are affected in other ways: by freezing-thawing, by floods; if it’s not one thing, it’s another, ”he explained. “Just burying everything would be so expensive. It would be a massive undertaking.”
Muglia said there would be a “huge report” in the days and weeks following the completion of the work.
“We definitely plan for the weather events. We keep all of that in mind when we plan. This will definitely play a role,” he said.
SCHOOLS
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board announced Wednesday that electricity has been restored to Merivale High School. All OCDSB schools will be open for face-to-face learning on Thursday, June 2nd.
The Ottawa Catholic School Board says Sacred Heart High School and Sacred Heart Elementary School Monica remains locked up. Students attending these two schools will continue with e-learning on Thursday.
TWO COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTERS CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY
The City of Ottawa says two community support centers that were opened during the recovery are now closed.
Support services at the François Dupuis Recreational Complex and the CARDELREC Recreational Complex ceased their function on Wednesday as support centers.
Other community support centers at Howard Darwin Centennial Arena (1765 Merivale Rd.) And Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Center (3320 Paul Anka Dr.) will remain open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily until further notice.
“With many recreational and cultural facilities (in the city of Ottawa) returning to normal operations, residents can access toilets, showers or charging devices at other facilities, as available,” he said. the city on Twitter.
Attention, #OttCity! Our Community Support Centers at the following locations will close operations at the end of today, June 1st. – François Dupuis Recreation Complex – CARDELREC Recreation Complex Other community support centers will remain open until further notice. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/i8PRZcSQ4H
– City of Ottawa (@ottawacity) June 1, 2022