‘Equipment failure’ leaves nearly 2,000 without power

NT Power electrical equipment (Source: NT Power/X)

Officials are reporting on Saturday that nearly 2,000 residents in the Tay Township area are without power due to an equipment failure at an electrical substation.

5:20 p.m.

In a social media update, NT Power confirmed that crews were still working on the scene but delayed the estimated restoration time by two hours from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m..

3:16 p.m.

NT Power explained that the cause of the outage was an equipment failure at their Victoria Harbour station. Crews were reportedly still on scene working to restore power, with an estimated restoration time of 7 p.m.

1:54 p.m.

NT Power confirmed that 1,800 homes and businesses in the area of Victoria Harbour have been affected. Crews are reportedly working to restore power.

12:52 p.m.

According to a social media post by Southern Georgian Bay OPP, the electrical issue originating in Victoria Harbour has led to outages in the villages of Port McNicoll and Victoria Harbour.

According to NT Power’s outage map, the unplanned outage has impacted nearly 2,000 customers as far west as Midland and as far east as Waubaushene.

Note: This is a developing news story. We will provide additional updates as they become available.