{"id":505246,"date":"2026-02-28T12:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505246\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:42:11","slug":"lights-out-in-iqaluit-after-power-equipment-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505246\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights out in Iqaluit after power equipment fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\"><a class=\"category news\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Feb 27, 2026 \u2013 4:25 pm EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Outage leaves part of city in the dark for about 3 hours Thursday<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Daron-outage.jpg\" title=\"Lights out in Iqaluit after power equipment fails\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1991\" height=\"1490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Daron-outage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Iqaluit sits in darkness after an equipment failure caused a power outage Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Daron Letts)<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/author\/daron-letts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Daron-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\t Daron Letts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An equipment failure inside an electrical enclosure is being blamed for a three-hour power outage that left Iqaluit residents in the dark for much of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A built-in protection device automatically shut the line down to protect generators and prevent a larger outage shortly before 2 p.m., said Tina Mandeya, director of community affairs for Qulliq Energy Corp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we understand how frustrating outages can be, these safety systems are designed to protect our employees, the public, and critical infrastructure,\u201d she said in an email Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur crews responded as quickly and safely as possible to restore power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ten crew members worked to repair the outage, Mandeya said, including line crew, plant operators, technicians and support staff.<\/p>\n<p>Apex, Tundra Ridge, Tundra Valley, Happy Valley, Road to Nowhere and Lower Iqaluit including building numbers in the 100s to 300s, were all affected by the outage.<\/p>\n<p>Lights began flickering just after 4 p.m. and power was fully restored at 5 p.m., shortly after sunset.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260220-nti-job-research-co-ordinator\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260220.100.90.png\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News\u00a0\u00a0Feb 27, 2026 \u2013 4:25 pm EST Outage leaves part of city in the dark for about 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-505246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}