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Power outage in west Edmonton over after more than 24 hours amid heat wave

About 1,200 Epcor customers are still without power in west Edmonton Friday morning.

According to Epcor’s power-outage map, 90 residents in the neighbourhoods of Dechene, Donsdale, Gariepy and Jamieson Place have been without power since 8:17 a.m. on Thursday, with repairs initially expected to be finished by 9 p.m. An additional 1,250 customers had been without power as well but had service restored by 8 p.m.

In the neighbourhoods of Callingwood North, Callingwood South, Oleskiw, Westridge, Aldergrove, Lymburn and Thorncliff, Epcor says 600 customers have been without power since 6:35 p.m., having restored power to 450 by 8 p.m., while two customers in Westridge have been without power since 11:35 a.m. 

The utility company first said power was expected to be restored in the neighbourhoods between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Power is now estimated to come back by 10 a.m. Friday for a total of 2,098 customers.

Equipment failure caused the outages, according to Epcor’s website.

A prerecorded message on Epcor’s service line asked customers to reduce power usage as Edmonton’s heat wave, which is expected to keep temperatures in the city at highs in the mid-30s into next week, because significant demand for electricity makes it “difficult” for equipment to cool down.

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