August 4, 2023 (Fort Erie, Ontario) - Canadian Niagara Power Inc. (“CNPI”), wishes to inform its
customers that a town wide power outage in Fort Erie (which includes Ridgeway, Crystal Beach and
Stevensville) will occur on Sunday August 20, 2023, between the hours of 02:00 am and 02:30 am. This
outage is required to reconfigure the system supply in order to facilitate an upgrade to the transmission
system through the use of CNPI’s International Power Line (“IPL”). While the estimated length of the
power outage is approximately 30 minutes, CNPI will endeavor to minimize the total duration of the
interruption.
In approximately 6 weeks, a second outage will be required to restore the default supply system
configuration. The second outage is scheduled to occur on Sunday, October 1, 2023, between the hours of
02:00 am and 02:30 am.
“We recognize that power outages are an inconvenience, so we have scheduled times we believe to be the
least disruptive to our customers,” said Kristine Carmichael, Director, Corporate & Customer Services at
CNPI. “We are pleased that we were able to minimize what would have been numerous outages of lengthy
durations to only two, thirty minute outages by utilizing the IPL. We appreciate our customers’ patience
and understanding during these outages”.
Customers may wish to visit CNPI’s website to review the Power Interruption Procedures and the Fire
Safety Notice at www.cnpower.com/power-outage/power-outage-information. Customers are also
welcome to follow CNPI on Facebook and/or Twitter (@CNPpower) using #TownWide2023 for outage
information.
For more information, please contact our offices at 905-871-0330 or visit our website at www.cnpower.com.
Canadian Niagara Power Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FortisOntario Inc. ("FortisOntario"). CNPI
has approximately 30,400 customers in Fort Erie, Port Colborne, and Gananoque. For further information
visit www.cnpower.com. FortisOntario, headquartered in Fort Erie, has operations in electricity distribution
and transmission and serves approximately 68,300 customers primarily located in Fort Erie, Port Colborne,
Cornwall, Gananoque, and the Algoma district of Ontario and meets a peak demand of 248 MW.