Power Restored to Moss Park Residents After Nearly 29 Hours
Residents in the Moss Park area regained power after an outage that began at 8:11 a.m. Wednesday and was resolved by 1 p.m. Thursday, according to Toronto Hydro.
"Power has now been restored to all customers. We sincerely thank everyone for your patience as our crews worked through these extensive and complex repairs," Toronto Hydro stated on social media.
Outage Details
The blackout affected close to 600 customers within the area bordered by Queen Street E. and Jarvis Street to Parliament Street and Front Street E. Initially, over 1,000 customers lost power.
- The original estimate for power restoration was 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night.
- Toronto Hydro counts customers by meters, not individuals, possibly underrepresenting the number of people affected.
“In some cases, condos and buildings are fed by a single bulk meter. Because of this, our outage map reflects one meter as one customer, even though many residents may be impacted,” explained spokesperson Brie Davis in an email.
Cause of the Outage
Toronto Hydro crews identified the cause as a suspected third-party dig-in at an active construction site.
“The work that caused the dig-in is unrelated to Toronto Hydro but resulted in damage to our infrastructure. Repairing this damage required our crews to excavate 14 feet underground in order to access the impacted area,” said Davis.
Summary
The outage in Moss Park disrupted power to nearly 600 customers for almost 29 hours, caused by external construction damage that required significant underground repairs.