Power Yet to Be Restored To Some In P.G.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:07 AM

An Opinion250 reader sent us this photo of last night's spectacular storm , this shot was taken around 10:15, looking south from 3rd Avenue towards NCP.

Prince George, B.C. – It could be a couple more hours before B.C. Hydro has restored power to all who have been without electricity since the overnight thunderstorms.

Crews are working in an underground vault this hour and expect to have things back to normal by noon. Here is the latest list of outages:

*Municipality*	*Date Off*	*Est. Time On*	*Area*	*# Out*	*Cause*	*Last Updated*

Mackenzie	Jul 17 09:00	Jul 17 15:00	MacKenzie and MacLeod Lake	10	Planned Outage Work being done on our equipment	Jun 11 11:56
Prince George	Jul 16 17:25	Jul 17 12:00	8400 block ROBSON RD	< 5	Under investigation	Jul 16 19:52

Prince George	Jul 16 20:45	Jul 17 12:00	5900 block CHILAKO STN RD	< 5	Equipment failure	Jul 17 00:17
Prince George	Jul 16 22:33	Jul 17 11:30	South of MCDONALD AVE, East of ABBOTT CRS, North of MCKENZIE AVE, West of PEARSON AVE	83	Under investigation	Jul 16 22:37

Prince George	Jul 17 04:56	Jul 17 10:30	East of WINNIPEG ST, North of 6 AVE, South-West of 5TH AVE	15	Lightning	Jul 17 04:58
Prince George	Jul 17 07:26	Jul 17 11:00	6500 block PACIFIC ST	< 5	Lightning	Jul 17 07:29

Prince George	Jul 17 00:00	Jul 17 12:30	TABOR MTN, TABOR MTN RD	5	Under investigation	Jul 17 09:50
Prince George	Jul 17 06:04	Jul 17 10:30	2100 block ROSS CRES, 800 block MELVILLE AVE	< 5	Lightning	Jul 17 06:09

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Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:07 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Andyfreeze on July 17 2008 10:41 AM

Seems to be more extended power outages now that I have seen in years.
What gives?
Is it an outdated equipment issue starting to make the infrastructure more fragile than it used to be?

Posted by: seamutt on July 17 2008 10:46 AM

Andyfreeze did you happen to notice just haw severe the storm was.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on July 17 2008 2:24 PM

Sure did seamutt, but no worse than we have had before.
I still think there are more power outages than ever before and they seem to last longer,or it at least seems seems that way.
If that is in fact true,an granted,it may not be,then it would be nice to know if it is old equipment,weather patterns,etc.

Posted by: lunarbase on July 17 2008 5:39 PM

Lots of reasons for slow restore time but one of the biggest is BCHydro can't find enough people for the various jobs open. If you know someone who wants to get into the trades, great paying job for a great company ( with the exception of the Accenture part) encourage them to join BC Hydro.

Take a look into the benefits they are giving for moving to remote locations like Chetwynd, Fort St. John, etc.