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Hydro Ottawa
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Active daily 8am-4pm and during major outages & service disruptions. For all other updates, follow us on Bluesky @hydroottawa.bsky.social. Service en français.
Ottawa, Ontario
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    Jul 9, 2025
    Hey everyone! We’re now primarily only using X for major power outage events and service disruption updates. Follow us at hydroottawa.bsky.social to get all the same timely updates, tips and energy insights you’ve come to expect from us on X. Power out? Report it: 👉 Online at
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 23, 2022
    UPDATE: To date, we’ve successfully restored power to just over 70,000 customers The level of damage to our distribution system is simply beyond comprehension. We’re managing this from a whole of city perspective given that no single area of the City is unaffected in some manner
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 23, 2022
    Our social media team is signing off to catch some zzzzz’s and will be back first thing in the morning. Our field crews continue to work around the clock. Goodnight and thank you, once again, to our customers for their continued patience and understanding.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 23, 2022
    All available Hydro Ottawa employees, external contractors, and other Ontario and out of province utilities have been called in to assist with restoration efforts. These reinforcement crews are coming from as far away as the Greater Toronto Area, Kingston and New Brunswick.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    Sep 24, 2018
    UPDATE: We can now confirm power has been restored to all of #Barrhaven at this time. If you live in this area and still do not have power, please call out outage line 613-738-0188. #OttawaOutage #ottnews
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 23, 2022
    We’d like to thank all our first responders, essential workers who are ensuring public safety while working around the clock and over the coming days to get power back and people to safety. Remember, if you see them out, please keep a safe distance 🙏
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    Sep 22, 2018
    We sincerely wish we could provide restoration times for all of you. As soon as we know, we will post. Ottawa's electricity grid has not sustained such extensive damage since the Ice Storm of 1998. Our crews will continue to work around the clock. Scene at Greenbank today:
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    Apr 27, 2019
    Drone footage over Chaudière Falls along the Ottawa River today. This is only the second time in our 100+ year history that we've opened up all the spans of the Ring Dam. #ottflood
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 25, 2022
    Today, we made significant progress, with crews focused on working in some of the most impacted neighborhoods including: Merivale, Woodroffe, Greenbank, Pineglen, Overbrook and Elmvale Acres.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 23, 2022
    UPDATE: Crews have restored power to 86,000 customers thus far. We'll continue to keep you advised of the situation via the news media and here on our Twitter feed.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 24, 2022
    After another long and busy day, we are wrapping up our social media reporting for the night. We want to thank you for your continued patience & understanding as restoration efforts continue through the night and over the coming days. Tweet you back in the AM, goodnight Ottawa!
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 24, 2022
    UPDATE: Crews continued to work through the through the night, and have restored power to 106,000 customers. Crews continue their efforts to repair damage caused by Saturdays storm and restore service for all customers.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 22, 2022
    SUN MAY 22 (11AM) UPDATE: The moment we have information about specific neighbourhoods, we will share it here. We know this is difficult and we want to assure you that we are doing everything possible to keep you informed & restore power as quickly as possible.
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    Hydro Ottawa
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    May 22, 2022
    Crews have worked overnight and will continue to do so over the coming days. Restoration is expected to extend over multiple days & will be prioritized by trying to do the greatest good for the greatest # of customers: large scale outages restored first, followed by smaller ones
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