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Hastings Utilities Contracting teams based in Pickering, Ontario, installing new water poles in the Pine Glen neighborhood on Friday, May. 27, 2022. Photo by Errol McGihon / POSTMEDIA
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Some 26,000 customers of Hydro Ottawa ran out of electricity on Friday afternoon, and the company admitted it would not meet its goal of restoring “most” of its power grid by the end of the day.
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In a mid-4 p.m. briefing, Hydro Ottawa CEO Bryce Conrad said severe damage continues to plague crews and heavy rains Thursday night and Friday morning have slowed. recovery work.
By 4 p.m., electricity had been restored to 154,000 of the 180,000 customers turned off by Saturday’s storm.
“I have consistently said that today (Friday) we were aiming to get most of our system back on track,” he said. “But the weather this morning and the level of additional damage we are finding to our team, we will not make that commitment.”
Conrad says he has heard complaints that some darkened neighborhoods “have been forgotten.”
“Let me assure you you’re not. We know you’re there and we know you’re counting on us,” he said.
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Pressured by reporters when the play was over, Conrad said he was reluctant to commit to time.
“The only commitment I can make is that the teams will be there 24 hours a day until the job is done.”
Residents willing to volunteer to help with cleaning efforts this weekend can do so through the city’s Clean Up the Capital: After the Storm program or through the charity Samaritan’s Purse. For the Clean Up the Capital program, participants must register online to pick up a start-up kit between 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Saturday at one of the four locations listed on the registration form. Those interested in volunteering with Samaritan’s Purse can visit their website at samaritanspurse.ca.
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Hydro Ottawa said Friday morning that it had restored electricity to 149,000 customers, or about 82 percent of those shut down by last Saturday’s devastating “right” storm front.
But that still leaves about 31,000 customers without electricity for a seventh day, and Hydro Ottawa CEO Bryce Conrad admitted that not all customers will have power again today.
RESTORATION UPDATE: As of this morning, we have successfully restored power to 149,000 customers. There are 31Ks left without.
– Hydro Ottawa (@hydroottawa) May 27, 2022
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Teams from Hydro Ottawa and other utilities came to help restore energy on Thursday in several neighborhoods, including Chapman Mills, Gloucester, Dunrobin, Carlington, the Mitch Owens / Leitrim area, Canterbury and Carlingwood. McKeller Heights.
RESTORATION UPDATE: During the night, we restored food to 6,000 more customers in areas such as:
Chapman MillsGloucester GlenWest DunrobinCarlingtonCrestviewGreenbelt -Mitch Owens / LeitrimCanterbury -Urbandale and Nearby PlacesShillington AvCarlingwood / McKeller Height pic.twitter.com/CMAyf2WUb5
– Hydro Ottawa (@hydroottawa) May 27, 2022
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In a briefing on Thursday afternoon, Conrad said thousands of homes were damaged in their individual equipment and would not recover energy until they were repaired and inspected, even if the lights were turned on for its neighbors. And while the utility company expects to restore service to “most” of its system by the end of Friday, it will keep bags of outages due to fallen trees and equipment damage.
The anger and frustration of those still in the dark boiled over on Twitter when customers started a seventh day with no lights and in some cases no running water.
We need a time estimate in Bells Corners, we can’t live like this. People need to know how and why to budget. Where emergency services are apparently offered / deployed. @ Hydroottawa I need to know if I should plan to leave my house or not
– Amanda (@ rileyenb2019) May 27, 2022
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You came to the bells last night and restored some of the electricity and then left … There are still many of us without electricity and I know we are clearly not important … but I would like to feed my family. hot lunch soon.
– Sarah Sandford (@ sarah847485859) May 27, 2022
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The clearing of damage to the tree will intensify this weekend when 40 provincial firefighters from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry arrive in the city. The four four-person crews will be deployed in the worst-hit areas, including Pineglen and the Merivale, Woodroffe and Greenbank, Cumberland and Richmond corridors. Heavy equipment is also approaching to remove the huge fallen trees that still soil areas like Pineglen.
You can find more details about the city’s recovery effort at ottawa.ca/stormrecovery.
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Hyrdo’s teams are working to restore the half-broken poles at the southern end of the city. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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Paul Nightingale examines the huge maple tree that knocked down his garage and hit three roofs of his home in Manotick on Saturday while he was out in the cottage. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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A massive water tower is half-wrinkled along Highway 417 near Hunt Club Road as crews continue to try to restore power Monday. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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A tree leans precariously across a country road next to Bank Street on Monday, a danger to oncoming traffic. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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Shika Malhoatra-Singh is helping with the cleaning of her father-in-law’s house on Bank Road, which saw more than a dozen trees being broken in half during Saturday’s storm. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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Teams are working to restore power to the fallen water poles along Hawthorne Avenue, which were closed to traffic on Monday near Hunt Club Road. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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Teams are working on a damaged water tower while another is wrinkled in front of it along Highway 417 near Hunt Club Road on Monday. Photo by Julie Oliver / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Ottawa fire services were also in the area conducting welfare checks. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Iain Tyrrell worked to clean up fallen trees in his backyard Monday evening. Tyrrell and his family took possession of the house he loved because of the beautiful mature trees on the day the tornado devastated the capital in 2018. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Photo by Ashley Fraser / Postmedia
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The Pineglen area off Merivale Road was badly damaged by Saturday’s devastating storm. Hastings Utilities Contracting Ltd., a contractor along with Hydro Ottawa were working to clean the lines in the area and move the trees and debris. Iain Tyrrell worked for …