Tiziana Baccega Rosa, Senior Media Relations Advisor for Hydro One, responded to inquiries from Bullet Point News with outage data and recent local investments, which include:
Replacing 100 aged wood poles.
Installing a new line tie along Aurora Rd. linking multiple lines to boost redundancy with two more tie lines coming over the next three years.
Updating transformers at the Ringwood and 10th Line Distribution Stations.
Adding 13 smart grid devices, seven already installed, to help crews quickly locate outage causes and improve restoration time.
Less intensive but more regular maintenance to ensure trees do not impact power lines.
Line patrols and thermal scanning to identify problems before they lead to outages.
The first data table below shows some outage improvements within Stouffville’s boundaries.
While Hydro One outages within Stouffville’s boundaries appear less impactful vs. what’s faced across their entire service area, a 2021 Ontario Energy Board analysis included below shows that Hydro One lags behind power utilities in surrounding municipalities.
