Power has been restored to thousands of Hydro One customers in Norfolk County, according to the company's online outage map.
The outage, which started at about 9:40 a.m. on Friday, impacted more than 26,000 Hydro One customers in Norfolk County. Hydro One crews responded immediately and worked throughout the day to make repairs and restored power in stages.
Some Waterford residents reported on social media that power was restored at 4:30 a.m., while some parts of the town had power back on Friday night. Initially, Hydro One's outage site estimated that power would be restored by 8 a.m. to an estimated 16,000 customers.
Hydro One attributed the outage to an equipment failure, but did not provide further details. By Saturday morning, the outage map was clear for Norfolk.
No specific details about the outage were provided, other than it being caused by an equipment failure.
Author's summary: Power restored to Norfolk County residents after hours-long outage.