Veridian updates its community power outage status report

AJAX, ON, Dec. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - Veridian crews worked through the night to restore service to customers still without power caused by the severe ice storm of last weekend. Approximately 1,700 customers in the City of Pickering and the Town of Ajax still remain without power as of noon today.

Veridian has increased its line and tree trimming crews to 32, thanks to assistance from Peterborough Utilities, Lakeland Power and Whitby Hydro. The company will soon be receiving additional support from Orillia Power.

While Veridian has maintained the strength of its line and tree trimming resources into today, restoration progress has slowed due to the recent snow accumulation and the remaining affected areas are those with the most storm-related damage. Also, much of the remaining restoration work involves supply lines located in customer backyards, making access more difficult.

Following is an outage status report for each of the communities in which Veridian is aware of customers that continue to be without service:

Clarington - All affected customers have had power restored, with the exception of a few individual customers with damaged equipment that must be repaired or replaced to accommodate reconnection.

Port Hope - All affected customers have had power restored, with the exception of a few individual customers with damaged equipment that must be repaired or replaced to accommodate reconnection.

Ajax - Approximately 850 customers remain without service. The known affected streets are summarized below. Streets that were listed in Veridian's outage status report of noon today and have since been restored are included in this summary with a 'RESTORED' notation.

Admiral Rd	Ellenbury Cres	Jallan dr	Stonewood
Adonschool Ct	Elm Street	Kings Cres	Shoal Point
Baker	Emporer	Kinninson st	Strathy Dr
Bayly	Fielding Ct	Lawrie	Tudor Dr
Beech st	Finely Ave	Lewin	Tulloch
Beer Cres	Forest Rd	Lincoln	Windsor
Billingsgate	Gates rd	Mary	Woodhouse
Bunting Ct	George	Maple
Burcher	Georgina dr	Marwin
Burnsborough	Gravyson	McClaren
Carwin	Greenwood Rd	Mcnamara
Ceder	Gregory st	Mill
Chruch St. South	Grigglestone	Monarch Ave
Cloveridge	Harland	Parry Rd
Cranley	Heron	Plumridge ctr
Dryer Dr	Hiley	Riverside Dr
Durham	Illingworth	Roosvelt Ave
Duffin	Jacwin dr	Stonewood

Pickering - Approximately 850 customers remain without service. The known affected streets are summarized below. Streets that were listed in Veridian's outage status report of noon today and have since been restored are included in this summary with a 'RESTORED' notation.

Abingdon	Dixie	Lublin	Rouge Hill
Annland St	Dyson Rd	Maplegate	Rougemount Dr
Antonio	Earl Gray	Marinet	Grenoble Blvd
Balaton	Essa	Markham Pickering Townline n/of Hwy 7	S/L 4
Brock Road	Eyer	Marksbury	S/L 12
Balsam	Fairview Rd	Maury Cres	S/L 22 n/of Hwy 7
Baylawn Dr.	Fairport Rd	Meadowlane Cres	S/L 23
Beaton Way	Foreststream Tr	Mink - RESTORED	S/L 24 n/of Con 4
Benton Cres. (NW Finch and Dixie area)	Fordon	Modlin	S/L 26 s/of Conc 5
Bookshire Sq	Foxglove	Moretta	S/L 34 s/of Hwy 7
Breda	Gablehurt Cres	Mount Castle Cres	Salk
Chapleau	Garvolin	Mulberry	Sandy Beach s/of Bayly
Clearside	Glenanna	Naroch	Sprucehill
Conc 3 w/of Brock	Glynn	Paddock Road	St. Martins Dr.
Conc 4 w/of Altona	Golf Club Rd	Oakwood	Sunrise Ave.
Conc 4 w/of Brock	Gossamer	Old Forest	Tatra
Conc 5 e/of Westney	Greenburn	Park Cres	Timber Crt
Conc 7 e/of Salem	Haller Ave	Pine grove	Timmins
conc 8 e/ of Brock road	Highbush Trail	Pine Heights Trail	Tonevale Rd
Conc 9 Brock to Lakeridge	Huntsmill	Pineglen	Vicki
Cortez	Jacqueline Ave	Plummer	Vistula
Cowan	Jalle	Poprad	West Shore Blvd
Douglas	Krosno	Primrose crt	Whitevale Rd w/of Altona
Downlands	Liverpool s/of Bayly	Redbird Cres	Woodview
Duberry	Lubin Ave	Reytan	Rouge Hill

Residents or businesses that are without power and are not included in the areas summarized above should call 1-866-579-6819 to report their status.

While Veridian continues to be committed to restoring power to all affected customers as quickly as possible, equipment damage affecting individual customers may result in prolonged power outages.

In some cases, repairs to customer owned meter bases and service masts must be completed before Veridian is able to restore service to individual customers. The repair or replacement of such equipment must be carried out by a licensed electrical contractor retained by the customer. Approved contractors can be found at http://applications.dmtispatial.com/esa/ or by calling ESA at 1-877-372-7233.

Customers are reminded to exercise extreme caution around damaged poles and downed wires. All fallen wires should be considered live and dangerous. Customers are urged to report the locations of fallen wires to Veridian's 24-hour Outage Hotline by calling 1-866-579-6819.

Veridian Connections Inc. safely and reliably delivers electricity to more than 116,000 customers in the Cities of Pickering and Belleville, the Towns of Ajax, Port Hope and Gravenhurst, and the communities of Uxbridge, Bowmanville, Newcastle, Orono, Port Perry, Beaverton, Sunderland and Cannington. Veridian Connections Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Veridian Corporation. The City of Pickering, the Town of Ajax, the Municipality of Clarington and the City of Belleville jointly own Veridian Corporation.

SOURCE: Veridian

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