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CTV News
06-08-2025
- General
- CTV News
Osprey responsible for large power outage in western P.E.I.
FILE - An osprey flies over the Chesapeake Bay on March 29, 2022, in Pasadena, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) An osprey caused a large power outage that affected customers in western Prince Edward Island Tuesday night. The outage began around 8:30 p.m. in Summerside and surrounding area. Maritime Electric determined the outage was the result of a failure at its Sherbrooke substation. At the time, the City of Summerside said it was deploying generators to 'critical locations.' Power was restored to all customers by 11 p.m. 'Crews have determined the outage affecting communities in Western PEI was caused by an osprey making contact with a transmission line in the Sherbrooke Substation. The system responded as intended to prevent additional damage,' Maritime Electric said in a post on social media. UPDATE: Power is now restored to all customers. Crews have determined the outage affecting communities in Western PEI was caused by an osprey making contact with a transmission line in the Sherbrooke Substation. The system responded as intended to prevent additional damage. To… — Maritime Electric (@MECLPEI) August 6, 2025 For more P.E.I. news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
06-08-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Power outage affecting thousands of customers in central, western P.E.I.
Social Sharing More than 14,000 customers are without electricity as of 9:10 p.m. Tuesday as the result of an outage affecting large portions of P.E.I.'s Prince and Queens counties. For a short period of time, as many as 27,000 customers were without power. According to Maritime Electric's outage map, areas affected span from as far west as North Cape to the Charlottetown area, with some scattered outages also reported in Kings County. A spokesperson for Maritime Electric said crews have been dispatched to determine the cause of the outage and restore power. The city of Summerside, which operates its own electric utility, said in a social media post just before 9 p.m. that the entire city and some surrounding areas are also experiencing an outage. "Our team has identified that the current power outage affecting Summerside and surrounding areas is a result of a failure at the Maritime Electric Sherbrooke Substation. We are deploying our generators to critical locations within our city to temporarily re-energize some areas," reads the post. "There is no current time of power restoration to the entire City." A failure at the Sherbrooke substation, located just north of Summerside, led to significant power challenges back in February. As a result, residents were asked to conserve electricity and a mobile transformer had to be brought in from Newfoundland to stabilize the system. Summerside Electric generates about 60 per cent of its electricity through renewable sources like solar and wind, but it still relies on Maritime Electric's transmission grid for power that the smaller utility purchases from New Brunswick.
CBC
23-05-2025
- General
- CBC
2 prominent Islanders return from helping mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Second World War
Charlottetown Police Chief Brad MacConnell and Angus Orford of Maritime Electric recently returned from the Netherlands, where they helped mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. They speak to Louise Martin of CBC News: Compass about the moving experience.
CBC
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
City of Summerside's months-long power struggle is far from over, says mayor
Summerside mayor talks planning for the future, and keeping the city's lights on 16 hours ago Duration 7:13 Summerside's mayor says the city's electricity challenges are far from resolved. P.E.I.'s second-largest city, which operates its own utility, faced a series of power disruptions this winter. Summerside Electric generates about 60 per cent of its electricity through renewable sources like solar and wind, but it still relies on Maritime Electric's transmission grid for power that the smaller utility buys from New Brunswick. A failure at Maritime Electric's Sherbrooke substation, located just north of the city, led to significant power challenges in February. As a result, residents were asked to conserve electricity and a mobile transformer had to be brought in from Newfoundland to stabilize the system. "The Band-Aid has been put on, and the temporary transformer on wheels is there, and things are in place," Mayor Dan Kutcher told CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin. "But the fundamentals still need fixing." Kutcher said he has not yet had meeting he was promised with P.E.I. Energy Minister Gilles Arsenault and Maritime Electric officials. But he said the city has had discussions with Arsenault and was told that a meeting would take place after the spring sitting of the P.E.I. Legislature. As of Friday morning, the MLAs were still on the job at the Legislative Assembly in Charlottetown. The city has also met at the executive level with Maritime Electric, he added. Come wintertime, we're gonna be vulnerable again... We can't be going through that time and again. Energy security is paramount to everything. — Dan Kutcher "We do know that come wintertime, we're gonna be vulnerable again. And I would also say that we have some concerns as well with Maritime Electric. There are joint concerns... some are on-Island and some are off-Island. "So it's really important that we get to the table and figure out a clear path because we can't be going through that time and again. Energy security is paramount to everything." The power struggle in Summerside was also raised in the provincial legislature last month, with MLAs from all three parties expressing concern. Arsenault has said in the past that a review aimed at improving the reliability and affordability of Prince Edward Island's energy grid would be released this month. The minister also confirmed the province's energy system blueprint will be released later this year, setting out a "comprehensive strategy" for the next 10 years.
CBC
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Summerside mayor talks planning for the future, and keeping the city's lights on
Mayor Dan Kutcher outlined Summerside council's three main priorities for the coming year in his annual state-of-the-city address last week. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin sits down with Kutcher to talk about those goals, and the latest on the city's power struggles with Maritime Electric.
