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Bridlewood Electrical Service. Jenna Van Vliet Distribution Asset Management. About Hydro Ottawa. Obtain power from provincial grid and distribute it to 305,000 homes and businesses Third-largest municipally owned electrical utility in Ontario 99.98% reliability. June 8, 2012.
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BridlewoodElectrical Service Jenna Van VlietDistribution Asset Management
About Hydro Ottawa • Obtain power from provincial grid and distribute it to 305,000 homes and businesses • Third-largest municipally owned electrical utility in Ontario • 99.98% reliability
June 8, 2012 • A series of power outages caused by equipment failures • 4:13 a.m. - 131 customers lost power. • 5:30 a.m. – Transfer homes and businesses to adjacent circuits. Power is restored to all but 10 customers. Crews continue making repairs. • 9:15 a.m. – Another outage occurs affecting 9301 customers. • Morning – Restore power in stages by transferring homes and businesses to adjacent circuits. • 12 noon –Power is restored to all but 222 customers. Crews continue making repairs. • 1:10 p.m. – Power is restored to all customers.
Reliability in Kanata • We are proud of the progress that we have made over the past several years • Reliability has been improving
Investing in Kanata • Numerous upgrades to substations, circuits and transformers • From 2002 - 2005, invested 30% of sustainment budget in Kanata, which represents 9% of customers • Additional $10M invested 2005 - 2007
Underway: New Terry Fox MTS • Michael Cowpland Drive
Outage Communications • Power Outage Line 613-738-0188 • Power Outage Map available online and on mobile phones www.hydroottawa.com • Twitter @hydroottawa