Large chunks of the City without power (11:45 p.m. update)
Friday, August 31, 2012 by: SooToday.com Staff
POWER OUTAGE
ADVISORY
SAULT STE. MARIE PUC
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This is a description of an unplanned power interruptions that recently affected PUC Distribution customers in Sault Ste. Marie.
Power has been restored to all customers.
If you are still without power please call the PUC Emergency number at 759-6555.
Interruption Date: August 31, 2012 at 9:16 p.m.
Customers affected: 11,028
Number of customers restored:
467 Restored at: 9:39 p.m.
683 Restored at: 9:40 p.m.
1,314 Restored at: 9:59 p.m.
4,315 Restored at: 10:03 p.m.
2,273 Restored at: 10:15 p.m.
1,976 Restored at: 10:41 p.m.
Cause of interruption: Equipment failure - High voltage breaker failed
Description of area involved
Central and north west core of city.
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At approximately 9:20 p.m. power was lost in large portions of the Sault.
Reports are coming in to SooToday.com that the power is out downtown, including the Station Mall, Great Northern Road, the P-Patch, portions of the east end, and the west end area around the Marconi Hall.
SooToday.com will post further details when they become available.
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franker24 8/31/2012 9:54:25 PM ReportAnybody know why or how long?
JerryLundegard 8/31/2012 9:57:03 PM ReportFarwell terrace area too
eklund 8/31/2012 9:59:18 PM ReportFort creek area is out too. Also my parents around the market mall are without power.
Shortz 8/31/2012 9:59:59 PM ReportPower is on at the Canadian Nightclub. All you metalheads, come check out the Skullfist! the show is on!
franker24 8/31/2012 10:00:22 PM ReportPeoples rd!
stitchbogart 8/31/2012 10:01:21 PM ReportLots of power in the p-patch!
bolu1 8/31/2012 10:02:04 PM ReportSsmpuc.com is down too.. ;-P
thera 8/31/2012 10:02:24 PM Reportmeadow park still in business!!
JerryLundegard 8/31/2012 10:05:48 PM ReportAHHH YES! TV is back....I missed you baby !
Boomboom 8/31/2012 10:08:29 PM ReportWe have power on Brule Rd, and looks the same for Fourth Line West. The lights did flicker though around 9:20.
bolu1 8/31/2012 10:08:37 PM ReportJerry, so your power was restored?
JerryLundegard 8/31/2012 10:09:58 PM ReportYes!
bolu1 8/31/2012 10:14:58 PM ReportPower back at millcreek area.
Christina216 8/31/2012 10:17:53 PM ReportPower on in the ppatch
Godzuki 8/31/2012 10:31:57 PM ReportPower still out in Fort Creek area.
dadal 8/31/2012 10:32:29 PM ReportPUC just needs to admit all those film crews blew a bunch of transformers. Or we were under alien attack.
eklund 8/31/2012 10:34:36 PM ReportPower came back on for us in the fort creek area around 10:00
Hatch 8/31/2012 10:38:31 PM Report"PUC just needs to admit all those film crews blew a bunch of transformers. Or we were under alien attack."
Too early for that. We have until December 21st, 2012 before that happens...smile
L.T 8/31/2012 10:39:05 PM Reportdoes anyone know if power is out in highland park area?
CindyTee 8/31/2012 10:46:56 PM ReportDevon Rd. was out too - for just under an hour... back on now though :)
PipeBomb 8/31/2012 10:49:12 PM ReportMy part of the P-Patch on now...lost power about 9:15....back on just after 10:40
SammH 8/31/2012 10:53:23 PM ReportI had to drive up town and it was off from Finn Hill, all the way down Black Rd, up Third Line, and onto Great Northern. By the time I was heading back home most of Great Northern was back on though. I live East End and my power flickered/dimmed but never went out.
Wisenheimer 8/31/2012 11:03:01 PM ReportPUC can build a 20 million dollar Taj Mahal on 2nd line, but have trouble keeping the lights on and providing decent water.
BrotherTed 8/31/2012 11:06:22 PM ReportThe power came back on Queen Street (Gore St. to James St. at 9:55 pm).
blueshoes 8/31/2012 11:09:05 PM ReportP.U.C. I AM SURE THAT MEANS PLEASE USE CANDLES
smr 8/31/2012 11:46:36 PM Reportpower also flickered at the casino twice and the machines had to reboot
Corr 9/1/2012 12:02:06 AM ReportSaw at least 4 police cruisers speed through the intersection of Trunk & Boundary at 11:11 pm heading east at very high speeds, i was like woah dude ya know, something major is happening somewhere and my bud was like dude, i need a burger so we stopped at mcdee's
telefocus 9/1/2012 12:41:25 AM ReportCouldn't get a Timmie's on Pine St....had to go to Trunk Rd....major catastrophy
Hatch 9/1/2012 10:28:18 AM ReportThey can't afford to do anything until their new building is complete. Once that is done, it'll solve "all" our problems.
Greyhoundssuck 9/1/2012 11:43:47 AM ReportWe are essentially living like a 3rd world country with the number of power outages that we are seeing. I've had people who are from out of town comment to me that they had noticed a lot of power outages here. I do agree with a few of the other posters to this article that whoever is running the show with the PUC is not doing their job. To have this many consistent large scale power outages is unacceptable.
dobra 9/1/2012 11:59:06 AM ReportWe go back to earlier this year and it was suggested at that time that the $23 million dollars they are spending on their "showpiece" should have gone towards replacing aging infrastructure.
Now they are unable to supply a quality of water that is consumable or consistently keep the power on without regular "unplanned" power outages. The top executives of the PUC AND the councilors who voted for the new building should be held accountable. It is time we brought back a PUC commission that should be making the decisions and not the executive or council.
dob131 9/1/2012 12:01:36 PM ReportYa .. Well... My Water still tastes like crap, and we are paying the highest we have ever paid for water and sewage EVER !!! Thats PUC For you.
medsec 9/1/2012 4:51:10 PM ReportAnybody checked their latest PUC bill? We are now paying a delivery fee for Smart Meters. Yeh. Way to go McSquinty, wonder if he doesn't get in again, will David O return to teaching???Doubt it.
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