Power outage in Hamilton affects close to 900 homes, businesses

For the third day in a row, there is a sizable power outage in Hamilton.

This morning, Alectra Utilities says there is an outage on the east Mountain that will last until mid-afternoon. The outage area is just south of Mohawk Sports Park. It is in the area of Mohawk Road East to Rymal Rd. E. and between Upper Gage Avenue to Pritchard Rd., with an expected time of resumption of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon (July 13).

About 889 homes and businesses have been affected. The count was down to 29 as of 2 p.m. Tuesday.

#Outage in #HamOnt affecting approx 889 homes and businesses in the area of Mohawk Rd E to Rymal Rd E and between Upper Gage Ave to Pritchard Rd. Crew dispatched. ETR 2:30PM. For more info visit https://t.co/QwYiVrDG0w #pwrout ^pa

— Alectra (@alectranews) July 13, 2022

Power has now been restored in #HamOnt to all but 29 homes and businesses. Crews continue to work to restore power. If you are still without power please call 1-833-ALECTRA ^pa

— Alectra (@alectranews) July 13, 2022

The affected area is just west of where a forced outage was ordered by the Hamilton Fire Department ordered an outage on Monday afternoon as it battled a residential fire that caused $10-million in damage. Tuesday, an outage that affected close to 2,000 customers happened in the northeast part of the city.

During a power outage, any controlled intersections where traffic lights are nonfunctional should be treated as four-way stops.

Alectra’s progress at restoring service may be tracked at horizonutilities.com.