"Hydro-Quebec Power Outage: Over 380,000 Affected Customers in Quebec"

2023-04-25 16:39:50

Nearly 383,000 Hydro-Quebec customers are without electricity almost everywhere in Quebec, according to the government corporation’s website.

Hydro-Quebec has indicated that there has been a “loss of production on the network, which has not been identified at this time. An investigation is underway. The protection mechanisms of the transport network reacted correctly, which led to outages. We are gradually recovering,” said a spokesperson.

The loss of production from certain turbine-generator units at the Churchill Falls generating station triggered protection mechanisms on our high-voltage transmission network, causing a #breakdown of electricity affecting approximately 490,000 customers across the…

— Hydro-Québec (@hydroquebec) April 25, 2023

According to the latest report, the Montreal region would be the most affected with 135,141 customers affected. The regions of Montérégie (126,452), Capitale-Nationale (586), Laurentides (44,611) and Laval (43,890) follow.

Several traffic lights are not working in Montreal, forcing a large mobilization of police personnel.