Several outages this summer have some Lunenburg residents wondering if the power will stay on this winter.
According to Nova Scotia Power, Tuesday night’s outage was caused by a lightning strike while Saturday’s interruption was the result of someone trimming branches on their property near a transmission line.
POWER OUTAGE UPDATE
7:30am – NSPI still has crews working to determine the outage cause. There was lightning again in the area and so they are investigating the outage as a possible lightning strike on their transmission line.
A further update will follow as NSPI knows more.
— Town of Lunenburg, NS (@TownLunenburgNS) September 12, 2018
Power to Lunenburg and another 2,000 nearby residents was out for about two hours in each incident.
Spokesperson Tiffany Chase says homeowners need to be cautious when working around power lines.
“We’d recommend that customers engage a certified contractor or they can also contact Nova Scotia Power to get us to take a look before trimming trees near our lines to make sure that there’s a safe clearance.”
Nova Scotia Power assumed responsibility for maintenance from the Lunenburg Electric Utility earlier this year.
Chase says the many outages were not related.
“We had a tree contact a transmission line, we also had a lightning strike at a sub-station as well as a piece of equipment failed at a sub-station. All unrelated outages, not indicative of any particular issues.”
Chase says the outages this summer were unrelated and is confident in NS Power’s ability to keep the lights on in Lunenburg this winter.
Reported by Ed Halverson
Twitter: @edwardhalverson
E-mail: halverson.ed@radioabl.ca