Power restored in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. early on Sunday
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Power has been fully restored in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. after an extended outage that left some residents without electricity for 14 hours.
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation said that power was fully restored at approximately 3 a.m. Sunday, and the grid is currently stable.
The outage in Fort Resolution began at around 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Temperatures dropped to around -28 C during the outage. The current temperature in Fort Resolution is -21 C.
This marks the second extended power outage in the N.W.T.'s South Slave region in recent weeks. Last week, power outages in Fort Smith, N.W.T. left some without power for seven hours.
NTPC Chief Operating Officer Belinda Whitford told CBC on Sunday that while power is stable in Fort Resolution, crews are still investigating the cause of the outage.
"NTPC was in the process of removing one of its generators from service when we experienced the voltage fluctuation that caused an outage," Whitford said.
She said that technicians who came into the community from Yellowknife during the night will stay in Fort Resolution for another few hours to find the cause of the outage and ensure the electricity grid stays stable.
Whitfordsaid that the power grid in the South Slave will be more reliable when the Talston Hydro dam is back in service, and communities are no longer reliant solely on diesel generators.
Whitford said NTPC is currently planning to reopen the Talston Hydro Dam in late January or early February.
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