Category: Hydro
New hydro line on Abbott designed to improve reliability
(ABOVE: Map showing upcoming Hydro Ottawa projects in Stittsville.) At a public meeting last Thursday, officials from Hydro Ottawa provided an overview of new infrastructure designed to improve reliability in…
Section of Maple Grove closed on Saturday for more hydro pole relocation work
(via Hydro Ottawa) In May, Hydro Ottawa began conducting a pole relocation project to improve the reliability of the electrical service in the Stittsville and Kanata West area. Pole relocation…
Hydro Ottawa hosts open house about Abbott power lines June 23
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) Over the next few months, Hydro Ottawa crews will be working in the Stittsville area making improvements and updating the area’s electrical distribution infrastructure. Plans include…
VIDEO: How Hydro Ottawa moved 20 poles in a day along Maple Grove
(Editor’s note: Here are some photos, text and a video shared by Hydro Ottawa, with background on Saturday’s pole-moving project on Maple Grove. Hydro Ottawa is proactively moving the poles to accomodate…
Stittsville loses power late Saturday afternoon
Nearly 5,000 customers lost power in Stittsville late Saturday afternoon for about an hour, between 4:30pm and 5:30pm. Power was out in a large area including Stittsville Main from Abbott to…
Hydro poles to be replaced on Goulbourn and Norway
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) Hydro Ottawa will be undertaking electrical service improvements in Stittsville starting next month. The project involves replacing aging hydro poles on Goulbourn Street (between Cypress Gardens…
NOTEBOOK: Stittsville population tops 31,000; Petitions for photo radar & hydro rates
GROWING LIKE A WEED: Councillor Shad Qadri told the Fairwinds Community Association last week that the city’s latest population estimates put our ward at 31,841 people in 2015, up by 857 (or 2.77%)…
Hydro One line clearing work starts March 14
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) Hydro One Forestry has informed my office that they will be performing important line clearing work through Stittsville. The work will consist of tree trimming, removal…
Proposed pipeline project would include 20 megawatt pumping station
Hydro One and Hydro Ottawa are planning extensive infrastructure upgrades to support the power requirements of the proposed Energy East pipeline, including 20 megawatts for a pumping station near Richmond. “Initial plans to…
NO DEAL: Hydro Ottawa won’t be acquiring Hydro One customers
We’ve been waiting for a few months now to find out whether or not Hydro Ottawa could reach a deal with Hydro One to acquire about 45,000 customers who live in the Ottawa…
Councillor El-Chantiry provides update on Hydro One customer transfer
From West Carleton Councillor Eli El-Chantiry’s email newsletter: This past June I updated residents with some favourable news regarding having 45,000 Hydro One customers transferred to Hydro Ottawa. At that…
Friday night power outage caused by loss of supply from provincial grid
A widespread west end power outage that briefly left 29,705 customers in the dark on Friday night was caused by a loss of supply from the provincial grid, according…
Planned power outage on Tuesday morning in Fringewood area
(via Hydro Ottawa) On Tuesday, July 28, Hydro Ottawa will be in the Fringewood area neighbourhood to perform planned maintenance work. This work will maintain the reliability of the electrical distribution…
VIDEO: Raising the hydro poles along Huntmar
“On my way to work yesterday, I noticed that Hydro One was in the process of erecting the replacement wood hydro poles along Huntmar,” says videographer Hien Hoang. “I quickly…
Weekend outage in Munster due to a ‘perfect storm’, says Hydro Ottawa
EDITOR’S NOTE: On Saturday, some residents in the Munster/Ashton area of Rideau Goulbourn were left without power for hours. We asked Hydro Ottawa about why power went out and why…