Sunday, June 07, 2020

Power restored to most NB Power customers in Fredericton

At the peak of the storm on Friday, 13,000 were without power

Sarah Morin · CBC News · Posted: Jun 07, 2020 10:35 AM AT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Most outages in Fredericton were restored by 6 p.m. Sunday. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

Power has been restored to most people in Fredericton and surrounding areas who lost it during Friday's thunderstorm.

NB Power restored electricity to all but 200 customers as of 6 p.m. Sunday.

Earlier in the day, more than 1,000 were waiting for their power to be restored — two days after a severe thunderstorm slammed the region, tumbling trees and knocking out power lines.

At the peak of the storm Friday evening, 13,000 customers were without power. Nearly half the outages were restored Friday evening, and most of the others were restored Saturday.