Hydro / Natural Gas Outages and Notes 2021

An Archive of  Hydro/Natural Gas Outages or Planned Outages on the North Coast in 2020, as well as other notes related to the two utility services.

December

December 8 -- Oversized Load departing Prince Rupert to make for highway delays/closure through to December 13th NCR

November

November 24 -- Winds bring power bumps and outages for Prince Rupert, some cellular phone disruptions as well  NCR

November 19 -- Planned Power Outage will take a large area of Prince Rupert off the grid Sunday morning  NCR

October

October 19 -- PNG Advises of ongoing work in Prince Rupert area with notes on potential impact for residents NCR

October 13 -- Power bump knocks power out for Prince Rupert over five minute period NCR

August 

August 30 -- More recommendations released on goals of affordable electricity NCR

August 10 -- EV motorists will soon be able to charge down the highway, as BC government expands charging station network  NCR

July

July 16 -- With BCUC approval, PNG set to launch three year Salvus to Galloway Maintenance Project  NCR

July 8 -- Brief Thursday Afternoon power outage in Prince Rupert attributed to transmission circuit failure  NCR

May

May 10 -- Transmission circuit failure the culprit as power interrupted in Prince Rupert area Monday afternoon  NCR

March

March 3 -- Pacific Northern Gas called to Port Edward Tuesday to resolve gas leak situation NCR

February

February 17 -- Fire cause of power outage along Ridley Island Access Road, affecting sections of Industrial area  NCR

February 6 -- West side power outage leaves close to 700 customers in the dark  NCR

February 1 -- Afternoon Power Outage hits much of Prince Rupert  NCR

January

January 27 -- Large Load on the Road again as Province alerts highway travellers of Highway 16 transit of Site C turbine runner starting tonight   NCR

January 26 -- Industrial equipment scheduled to travel between Prince Rupert and Chetwynd

January 16 --  BC Hydro planned power outages to darken downtown Smithers for most of day Sunday

January 15 -- Kitimat Power outage (video)

January 15 -- Power outage in Kitimat currently under investigation

January 15 -- Cable fault responsible for Kitimat power outage, BC Hydro says
January 14 -- Power outage planned for Smithers on Sunday

January 14 -- Power outages affect thousand of BC Hydro customers in Northern BC

January 14 -- Power outages reported in Prince Rupert area. 

January 13 -- Site C brings in massive turbine part as politicians weigh dams future

January 12 -- My night on Site C Mega-Turbine Watch

January 12 -- Massive turbines trucked towards BC's Site C dam in wide, slow convoy

January 12 -- Site C Dam Turbines Travel (video)

January 11 -- Massive turbines begin trek across Northwestern BC

January 9 -- Highway 16 Notice heralds start of long distance journey for oversized load to Site C project NCR

BC Hydro website
Pacific Northern Gas website



Archive of items for 2020

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