Power Outages

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July 1st Power Outage 

On July 1st there was a fault on the transmission lines outside our service territory. The lines affected by the fault bring power to, mostly, north and central Grimsby. When a fault like this occurs, we depend on Hydro One to make repairs to restore power. Hydro One worked through out the evening to repair the issue and to restore power. Hydro One communicated with our on-call line staff regarding the outage through out the evening but at times communication was infrequent. Our crew was on site waiting for Hydro One to restore power so they could address any issues that remained in our area after power was restored. We are communicating with Hydro One, and they have established a plan to address the issue. We are committed to assisting Hydro One in any way necessary to facilitate their efforts.

To explain a bit about our system; Grimsby Power receives power through two power stations, one in Beamsville (Beamsville TS) and the other in Grassie (Niagara West MTS), those two stations supply power to our service territory through primary lines.

Our system is configured to supply power to all residents of Grimsby as efficiently as possible. Primary lines run from each station to supply different areas within Grimsby. For the most part the Beamsville station supplies customers north and just south of the highway and the Niagara West station supplies the rest of Grimsby. If anything happens along one of those primary lines, it can cause a large-scale outage. The system is also configured to protect those working to restore power and the distribution assets so there is no major damage to the system that could potentially extend the length of the outage. 

Our line crews are ready to respond to outages 24 hours a day 7 days a week. 

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Outages will be displayed on the map above approximately 10 minutes after they occur and only provide general outage location area. Outages displayed on the map will be those that have been reported through smart meter communication protocols.

This outage map does not include momentary outages also referred to as ‘auto-reclosures’ as they are momentary in nature. Grimsby Power Inc. uses reclosers to remove temporary faults (i.e. potential tree contacts, lightning strikes, etc.) thus avoiding prolonged power outages on our distribution system.

During office hours, status updates for unplanned sustained outages are also available on 'X' (formerly 'Twitter' @GrimsbyPower) and Facebook (GrimsbyPower)

Visit our "Be Prepared" webpage for outage preparation tips!