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Members of various communities in Behchok谦虁 and Yellowknife on Sunday, Sept. 11 were greeted to a massive black out which would take most the day to get resolved.

The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) provided several updates throughout the day and would eventually have almost all power restored at just after 6:40 p.m.

SA国际影视传媒淵ellowknife and Behchok谦虁: Power has been restored in Yellowknife and in Edzo,SA国际影视传媒� reads the notice. SA国际影视传媒淧ower will be restored in Rae once an operator arrives to bring the local generator online.SA国际影视传媒�

The breakdown

As mentioned earlier, there were up to six power outages that took place this past Sunday, with only one occurring as it was supposed too.

According to the Northland Utilities Twitter page, one outage in a small section of city (from 50th St to 51st St) was planned by the organization, who were performing work that required a power interruption for its crew to safely operate on the powerline.

SA国际影视传媒淧ower will be off on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.,SA国际影视传媒� reads the notice.

However, this would, of course, go beyond that section of the city.

SA国际影视传媒淵ellowknife full system outage [at] 11:37 a.m.,SA国际影视传媒� reads the first of what would be several updates from the NTPC. SA国际影视传媒淩estoration in progress.SA国际影视传媒�

At 1:44 p.m., the NTPC would notify both communities that SA国际影视传媒渆fforts to restore stable power are being hampered by several factors.SA国际影视传媒� Additional staff were called in to address the extended outage.

At this point, the power wouldnSA国际影视传媒檛 officially be brought back until around 2:20 p.m. There was a brief moment before the where the power would flicker to life, but initial outage would remain until the aforementioned time.

SA国际影视传媒淵ellowknife/Behchok谦虁: Power has been restored in both communities,SA国际影视传媒� read the notice from NTPC. SA国际影视传媒淣TPC will continue its investigation into the cause of the outage as well as the issues that delayed restoration. Thank you for your patience while we worked to safely restore power.SA国际影视传媒�

Following this, the power would once again shut off at just after 4:30 p.m.

At 4:49 p.m., the NTPC would release the following update:

SA国际影视传媒淵ellowknife/Behchok谦虁: An outage is currently underway. NTPC staff are working to restore power as quickly as possible.SA国际影视传媒�

After about two hours, the power would officially be fully restored in the communities of Yellowknife and Edzo, with Rae having to wait until later in the day before also having power return.

The reasoning

As for why the outages occurred, both Northland Utilities and NTPC both released updates on the subject.

At around 12:30 p.m., Northland Utilities released another tweet which was more directly related to the city-wide outage that had occurred.

SA国际影视传媒淭he City of Yellowknife is currently experiencing a city wide outage due to a loss of generation supply. Our crews are working safely to get power back on as quickly as possible, but there is no ETA for restoration at this time. Thank you for your patience [and] understanding.SA国际影视传媒�

As well, NTPC also pointed towards SA国际影视传媒榝allen vegetationSA国际影视传媒� as a contributor to the outage (this having occurred at the Snare Hydro system located on the Snare River about 140 km northwest).

SA国际影视传媒淎 line crew has cleared fallen vegetation from one section of power lines at Snare Hydro and is continuing to inspect other sections to ensure they are free of trees and branches,SA国际影视传媒� reads the NTPCSA国际影视传媒檚 notice. SA国际影视传媒淪taff are still working to identify why the switch over to diesel generation was delayed. More detailed information on the cause of the outages will be shared once the investigation is concluded. Thank you for your patience.SA国际影视传媒�

The diesel generators mentioned above are in reference to those located at the Jackfish plant in Yellowknife.

However, following another NTPC update that came in at 8:40 p.m., SA国际影视传媒榝alling vegetationSA国际影视传媒� would instead be a SA国际影视传媒榯reeSA国际影视传媒�.

SA国际影视传媒淵ellowknife/Behchoko: Power has been fully restored with hydro. A tree was removed earlier this evening from a power line at Snare Hydro, which is believed responsible for the initial outage. Investigation of all of the factors that contributed to the extended outages this weekend will continue.SA国际影视传媒�

The response

Both communitySA国际影视传媒檚 response to the black out were a combination of questioning and reasonable frustration.

SA国际影视传媒淭ime to give us a reason so many failures today,SA国际影视传媒� reads one comment. SA国际影视传媒淢aybe if you informed the community, people would not be quite as frustrated.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淎nd I couldnSA国际影视传媒檛 even read this [update] as the internet was spotty too,SA国际影视传媒� reads another.

However, it wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 all negative as other folks show their thanks for the workers who worked to get things back in working order.

SA国际影视传媒淩ave to all the Power Corp employees who gave up most of their weekend trying to restore power,SA国际影视传媒� reads a comment. SA国际影视传媒淲as it frustrating? Yes. However, ISA国际影视传媒檓 sure the employees fixing it didnSA国际影视传媒檛 take pleasure in SA国际影视传媒榬uiningSA国际影视传媒� your weekend. TheySA国际影视传媒檙e doing the best with what they have.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淣TPC staff- Thanks for all your hard work to figure this out! We appreciate the detailed updates,SA国际影视传媒� another reads.

At this point in time (and at the time of writing), the NTPCSA国际影视传媒檚 investigation looks to be continuing on the matter.