More than 34,000 customers were without power when the city’s supply of electricity was cut off on May 1
Although Hydro One can’t yet say what caused last Friday’s massive power outage, they have ruled out Algoma Steel’s electric arc furnace as the culprit.
“It was within our system and not caused by a third party,” said Bianca Meta, media relations coordinator with Hydro One, Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution service provider.
A total of 34,065 customers were without power as the city’s supply of electricity was cut off shortly before 11 a.m. on May 1.
As of 11:54 a.m., PUC reported that 75 per cent of customers’ power was restored and by 12:18 p.m. power was completely restored.
PUC said the outage was caused by a loss of supply from the provincial power grid and Hydro One was trying to determine how that happened.
SooToday hopes to have more information on the cause soon.