40,000 BC Hydro customers in Vernon, Revelstoke without power
Posted July 18, 2021 6:43 pm.
VERNON (NEWS 1130) — Over 40,000 customers in the Okanagan and Columbia-Shuswap region are without power Sunday, as BC Hydro is reporting 23 outages in areas including Vernon, Salmon Arm and Revelstoke.
Crews have been assigned to the transmission circuit failure near #VernonBC. They'll be providing updates at: https://t.co/9vnHAV6vuj pic.twitter.com/h8rG8HRroj
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 18, 2021
The service provider says crews are are working on a transmission circuit failure near Vernon, while the same reason is behind outages in Revelstoke.
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We're aware of the transmission circuit failure near #Revelstoke that's impacting multiple customers in the area. Crews have been assigned to the situation and they'll share updates at: https://t.co/qOrOlXnJMV pic.twitter.com/5dHY8zUeYV
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) July 18, 2021
Another 1,100 customers are without power near Golden, east of Revelstoke.
The utility says crews are working to restore power to all those affected with updates to be posted online.