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Crews have restored two unplanned power outages

Crews have restored two unplanned power outages

Update at 9:20 AM:

All power has been restored and we thank you for your patience. For 24-hour emergency response, please call our emergency phone lines at 613-546-1181.

Update at 8:46 AM:

The outage area has been expanded to 1197 customers. Crews are investigating an issue at a substation. The exact cause is unknow at this time, with an estimated time to restore power at 11:30 AM. Please check our outage map for updates. https://power.utilitieskingston.com/outages

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Crews are responding to two unplanned power outages in central Kingston this morning. The first outage was restored at 7:30 AM. It was caused by a birds nest on the 44 kV sub-transmission system, affecting 671 customers for nearly two hours.

The second outage occurred at 8:04 AM. Crews are investigating the cause, and the estimated time to restore is 11:30 AM. Please check our outage map for updates. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Information on what to do in a power outage, is available from our power outage precautions web page. For 24-hour emergency response, please call our emergency phone lines at 613-546-1181. Customer service is available by calling 613-546-0000, Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM.