Whitehorse Daily Star

Numerous customers lost power

All ATCO Electric Yukon customers had power restored by 8:40 this morning after a turbulent, blustery night.

By Stephanie Waddell on September 30, 2015

All ATCO Electric Yukon customers had power restored by 8:40 this morning after a turbulent, blustery night.

Those living on Gentian Lane in the Whitehorse area were the final customers back on line after power went out at around 4:45 a.m.

It was one of nearly 30 power outages that a crew of 11 power linemen were contending with overnight due to searing winds.

Outages affected mainly handfuls of customers at various times in parts of Whitehorse, Cowley Creek, Bear Creek, the South Klondike Highway, the Carcross Corner Road, Mosquito Road, Inglo Road, Linville and Meadow Lane.

The most significant outage was in Whitehorse from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Approximately 1,800 customers in Whistle Bend, Laberge, Kulan, Crestview and the Mayo Road, including the MacPherson subdivision, lost power. Some of those areas also endured seconds-long outages after power was mainly restored Tuesday evening

Service to most areas was restored by midnight, ATCO Electric Yukon spokeswoman Stephanie Cunha said in a statement this morning.

The exceptions were Gentian Lane and Morley Bay near Teslin.

Bay-area residents had their power restored by 3:40 a.m. today, before Gentian Lane even lost power.

It’s suspected the outages were caused by a tree that connected with a power line due to the strong gales.

“Customers are asked to stay away and call ATCO Electric Yukon immediately at 633-7000 if they see any knocked-down power lines or trees on power lines,” Cunha said.

“Please do not attempt to remove the trees from the power lines. All power lines should be assumed to be still energized and extremely dangerous.”

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YT Girl on Oct 1, 2015 at 1:08 pm

Just an observation.... It's funny how the power can go out by trees or whatnot hitting the overhead lines with many people affected and nobody comments about not having power, but when the fibre optic cable buried in the ground gets dug up, the whole world stops!!

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