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Grid alert results in temporary outages for thousands of Edmontonians

Thousands of Edmonton residents were briefly left in the dark on Friday morning as a result of rotating outages.

Epcor said it had implemented the rotating outages on the request of the Alberta Electric System Operator, after a grid alert was issued shortly before 7 a.m. due to “tight supply.”

“The AESO has directed Epcor to help manage power consumption in the province,” Epcor wrote in a post on social media at 9:11 a.m. MT. “Rotating outages are now in effect in Edmonton.”

The outages impacted about 30 neighbourhoods, primarily in north and south Edmonton.

A total of 19,412 customers were without power, according to Epcor.

However, by 9:34 a.m. the outages had ceased.

“Rotating outages have now stopped as the AESO has ended its directive for Epcor to reduce power consumption across Edmonton,” Epcor said in a new social media post. “A grid alert is still in place for the province. Please take steps to conserve power where you can.”

This is the second time in this week AESO has issued a grid alert.

AESO said that disruption was caused by a number of factors, but an “unexpected outage of thermal generation led to tight conditions.”

At 11:18 a.m., AESO sent out an update that the grid alert had ended.

AESO is expected to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon to update the situation.

 

With files from CTV News Calgary’s Michael Franklin. 

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