{"id":171116,"date":"2026-03-22T03:35:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171116\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T03:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:35:44","slug":"power-restored-after-outage-across-queens-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/171116\/","title":{"rendered":"Power restored after outage across Queens County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/prince-edward-island\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Maritime Electric customers across Queens County had no power Saturday morning.\n<\/p>\n<p>Over 6,000 customers faced outages Saturday morning<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774150543_376_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/author\/jenna-legge-1.7008368\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Legge<\/a>  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Mar 21, 2026 10:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774150544_281_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Thousands of Maritime Electric customers across Queens County had no power Saturday morning. (Maritime Electric\/Twitter)<\/p>\n<p>Power has been restored to thousands of Maritime Electric customers in multiple communities across Queens County after an outage without power earlier Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>More than 6,000 customers were without power earlier in the day, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritimeelectric.com\/outages\/outage-map\/outage-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maritime Electric outage map.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The utility said in a Facebook post Saturday morning it had identified the cause of the outage affecting customers in Clyde River, Rice Point, Canoe Cove, Emyvale, Riverdale, Kingston and surrounding areas. Power was back on by early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774150544_957_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"authorprofile-biography\">Jenna Legge is a journalist with CBC in Prince Edward Island. Before that, she worked as a reporter in Ottawa, with earlier stints in Winnipeg and Toronto. She holds a master&#8217;s degree in international journalism from City University of London, and also studied journalism, law and political science at Carleton University. She can be reached at jenna.legge@cbc.ca. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEI Thousands of Maritime Electric customers across Queens County had no power Saturday morning. 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