For Immediate Release
2008-05-20
Cindie Ashton, Communications Officer (613) 546-4291, ext. 3116 (cell 329-3462); The City
of Kingston's media hotline is 613-546-4291, ext 2300.
OVERNIGHT POWER OUTAGES DOWNTOWN MAY 25 AND 26
Utilities Kingston is scheduling a downtown power outage overnight from 11 p.m. Sunday,
May 25, to 7 a.m. May 26, in order to conduct maintenance on an oil switch in the
transformer vault on the northwest corner of Princess and Bagot Streets.
The switch has been identified as being abnormally hot and requires this outage for its
repair.
Customers in the following locations will be without power on Sunday, May 25 for
approximately eight hours beginning at 11:00 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday (all customers affected
by the eight-hour outage will be personally notified):
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Princess Street (from Montreal Street to Wellington Street)
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Bagot Street (from Brock Street to Queen Street)
Customers in the area below Sydenham and Montreal Streets between Johnson and Cataraqui
Streets will be without power for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 11:00 p.m. on May
25 and for another 30 minutes beginning at approximately 6:30 a.m. on May 26.
A second overnight power outage is set to begin at 11 p.m. on May 26 and go to 7 a.m. on
May 27. This one will affect Ontario Street from Johnson Street to Barrack Street. The
traffic lights on Ontario Street will also be out at the intersections at Princess, Queen
and Barrack Streets. This outage affects customers like Tim Hortons, the Shell Gas Station
and City Hall.
Utilities Kingston apologizes for any inconvenience to its customers (and their customers).
This work is necessary to ensure them a reliable source of electricity.
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