Close to 15,000 customers without power in Tatamagouche, Truro areas

Close to 15,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in three counties were without power as of 3:30 p.m. on June 22, 2026. (Nova Scotia Power outage map)

Close to 15,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in Cumberland, Colchester and Pictou counties are without power Monday afternoon.

According to Nova Scotia Power’s outage map, roughly 4,841 customers in the Tatamagouche area and 9,977 customers in the Truro area were affected by the outage as of 3:30 p.m.

The cause of the outage is listed as a “transmission interruption.”

“A damaged insulator at a substation in Truro caused the outage,” said Jacqueline Foster, a spokesperson for the utility, in an email. “An insulator is a device that safely connects the power lines to poles or steel structures.”

Foster says the Truro substation also serves customers in the Tatamagouche area and crews are on site working to restore power.

The estimated time of restoration is 6 p.m. Monday.

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