Close to 57,000 Maritime Electric customers still without power, Sept. 28, 2022, five days after Fiona
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — As of the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 28, Maritime Electrical has restored energy to over 25,000 P.E.I. prospects.
Near 57,000 prospects stay with out energy in nearly all areas of the province, based on the electrical utility’s outage map. That is 5,000 fewer than numbers reported on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
SaltWire Community has reached out to Maritime Electrical spokesperson Kim Griffin for up to date data however has but to obtain a response.
On Sept. 27, throughout a media briefing, Maritime Electrical spokesperson Kim Griffin stated the utility has been prioritizing restoration of energy to essential infrastructure corresponding to hospitals, grocery shops, fuel stations and correctional amenities.
In an interview on Sept. 27, Griffin additionally cautioned that the numbers and exact particulars listed on the utility’s outage map aren’t utterly correct as some energy has been rerouted in an effort to prioritize restoration to essential infrastructure.
Griffin listed off communities all through P.E.I. the place energy has been restored to some prospects, and stated no neighborhood has been prioritized over others, past the concentrate on important providers.
The utility had 99 crews working in P.E.I. throughout the Island, with 28 extra anticipated as of right this moment. The utility has confirmed 475 utility poles have been broken throughout Fiona, nearly 5 occasions the quantity broken throughout post-tropical storm Dorian in 2019.
In Summerside, town’s utility reported all major wiring points for the grid will probably be restored by the top of day Sept. 28.
The utility reported 103 confirmed “singular objects” like of broken electrical masts, damaged connections to homes and repair wire connections to masts and poles that have been left to revive energy.
Summerside Electrical is asking prospects with out energy by the top of Sept. 28 to name the utility Sept. 29 and report their electrical energy hasn’t been restored.
Extra particulars to come back as they change into obtainable.
