Power restored to 96% of households following last Saturday’s storm: Hydro-Québec
Posted May 28, 2022 12:05 pm.
Last Updated May 28, 2022 12:07 pm.
One week after a deadly storm hit parts of Quebec and southern Ontario, more than 18,000 people are still without power as of Saturday morning.
Hydro-Québec is reporting 18,430 customers are still in the dark.
Crews made significant progress overnight Friday into Saturday, as power was restored to more than 20,000 households .
In the Laurentians, 10,778 customers are without electricity – a drop of 50 per cent from Friday afternoon.
There are 3,790 households still in the dark in the Outaouais, and 2,273 in Lanaudière.
Hydro-Québec estimates it has restored power to 96 per cent of customers who were affected by last Saturday’s storms.
“Our crews will be working throughout the weekend to restore power to all our customers as quickly as possible,” Hydro-Québec tweeted Friday evening.
For more on outages: Hydro-Québec
