Summerside, P.E.I., could see more outages Monday evening

Thousands of customers on Prince Edward Island have had their power restored following a large outage across the western part of the province Monday morning, but the City of Summerside is warning customers more outages could happen in the evening.

More than 19,000 customers were impacted by the outage in St Eleanors, Wellington, O’Leary, Alberton and surrounding areas.

That number went down to three customers by 10:30 a.m.

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Maritime Electric says the issue originated from a transformer at the Sherbrooke substation and technicians are working in the facility.

In a social media post, the City of Summerside told residents there will be “ongoing electricity interruptions” Monday night due to damage at the substation that “requires urgent repairs.”

“To help mitigate the impact, the City of Summerside is utilizing all available energy assets, including our solar farm battery, wind farm energy, and generators,” the post reads. “In addition to these efforts, we will be doing our part to conserve load use by closing all non-essential municipal operations. Residents should also conserve energy where possible to help reduce strain on the system. We appreciate your patience and cooperation and will provide updates as more information becomes available.”

Students in the Three Oaks and Westisle families of schools were dismissed from class early Monday due to the outage.

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