One man is dead and more than 180 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning reported in wake of the province\u0027s recent ice storm
The three other regions most affected Monday morning were the Outaouais, where 5,937 were without electricity at 9 a.m.; the Montérégie, with 5,216; and Laval, with 3,046.Régis Tellier, Hydro-Québec’s vice-president of operations and maintenance, told reporters Sunday morning that power had been restored to over 90 per cent of customers who lost electricity. The utility met its target of restoring power to at least 95 per cent of affected customers as of Sunday evening.
Asked Monday on Twitter why the utility doesn’t have more people working to restore power, Hydro-Québec responded that more staff wouldn’t speed up the process, but rather would create logistical problems and slow down operations. On Monday morning, the utility reminded customers that if there is damage to their entrance mast — which feeds power directly to homes from hydro lines — they must have it repaired by a certified electrician before Hydro-Québec teams can restore power.Article content
The utility also took to Twitter on the weekend to address “a large number of comments” from people in the West Island who felt “forgotten or left out of the outage restoration efforts.”
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