ELORA – At least 1,700 customers are without power in Elora and the surrounding region.
After 12 p.m. on Thursday, Centre Wellington Hydro tweeted that customers in Elora are currently experiencing an outage due to a faulted high voltage arrestor on a Hydro One circuit.
Crews have been dispatched and are working on the problem. CW Hydro's outage map indicates an estimated time of restoration of 2:30 p.m.
Rural customers with Hydro One surrounding Elora and parts of Fergus are also under an outage. Hydro One's stormcentre outage map states 1,767 customers are affected.
Hydro One states the cause of the power outage is under investigation and estimates a 2:45 p.m. restoration time.