Hydro-Québec Restores Power to Most After Snowstorm Disruptions
Hey everyone, here’s the latest update from Quebec on the recent weather chaos and power outages. Earlier this week, a powerful combination of heavy snow and freezing rain swept across the province, leaving a huge mark on both the landscape and Hydro-Québec’s electrical network. At the height of the storm on Tuesday morning, nearly 400,000 homes and businesses were plunged into darkness. It was a scene that really showed just how vulnerable infrastructure can be when nature decides to throw a curveball.
The good news is that Hydro-Québec has been making steady progress. By Thursday morning, more than 95% of the affected customers had their electricity restored. The remaining outages were concentrated in areas like Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and Montérégie, with a handful scattered across other regions. In total, fewer than 5,000 customers were still without power, a dramatic drop from the hundreds of thousands impacted earlier in the week.
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Hydro-Québec deployed around 1,000 line technicians to handle the emergency, and teams from outside the province were called in to assist. Many of the remaining outages are in areas that are densely forested or otherwise difficult to access, which makes repairs more challenging. These “more complex cases,” as Hydro-Québec described them, involve small clusters of one to five customers, often in remote backlots.
One key factor that made this storm so disruptive was the timing. The snow came before the leaves had fallen, which meant that trees were still heavy with foliage. When combined with the unusually wet and heavy snow — carrying three to six times the normal moisture — branches were overloaded and snapped onto power lines, causing widespread outages. Thankfully, most of the damage was minor. Hydro-Québec reported that very few poles were broken and no major transformers needed replacing, which explains why the restoration process has been relatively fast.
Schools in some affected regions had to remain closed for a second day due to the ongoing outages, but Hydro-Québec has reassured the public that the vast majority of the network is back online. Maxime Nadeau, the company’s senior operations director, stated that nearly all remaining outages were expected to be resolved by Thursday evening, with just a few stubborn cases possibly stretching into the next day.
Overall, while the storm caused a lot of disruption, the quick response and the fact that most damage was minor means that Quebec’s electrical system is holding up well. It’s a good reminder of both the power of nature and the resilience of the teams working behind the scenes to keep our lights on.
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