News Releases

128,000 Hydro One customers have power restored; 90% of restoration effort now complete

January 11, 2008 — Hydro One reports it is moving closer to having power restored to its remaining customers affected by Wednesday's windstorm. 128,000 customers have had their power restored across the province, while crews are working to restore power to the remaining 12,000 customers. The majority of the remaining customers are expected to have power returned by the end of the day.

Severe winds gusting up to 100 km/hr that moved across parts of the province Wednesday knocked out power to 140,000 customers in communities throughout southern and eastern Ontario. Crews have now restored power to more than 90% of affected customers.
A new weather system involving freezing rain, snow and high winds in parts of the province today hampered some restoration efforts and resulted in some new outages. However, with a large labour force already in the field, the Company expects the majority of remaining customers will be returned to service tonight.

It is still expected that some customers in hard to reach places such as islands could remain without power into the weekend.

Early Thursday morning, the Company mounted a large-scale restoration effort, dispatching more than 1,100 Hydro One employees, including foresters, line maintainers, technicians and support staff, to repair the damage caused by the severe winter wind storm. Five helicopters were deployed to the overall effort and the Company also secured additional support from a number of local utilities.

The most impacted areas today include:

"We now have all our resources zeroing-in on those hard to reach and very remote locations such as boat access properties and cottages," said Myles D'Arcey, Senior Vice President, Customer Operations, Hydro One. "As is always the case, all available crews will continue to attack repair work until every customer is returned to service."

Important Safety Information
Hydro One strongly urges people to take extra precaution near fallen power lines. Even if a fallen wire seems dead, it can be dangerous. People are urged to report to Hydro One the location of the fallen wires as soon as possible. Touching a vehicle that is in contact with a power line can be fatal.

Restoring Power to Customers with Customer-Owned Equipment
Hydro One advises customers that their privately-owned electrical equipment may have sustained damage in this week's storm. If you know that your customer-owned equipment is damaged, you will need to hire a qualified electrical contractor to undertake necessary repair work who will then arrange for the required ESA inspection and Hydro One reconnection to restore your power.

For the most recent information on power outages go to www.HydroOneNetworks.com.

Hydro One delivers electricity safely, reliably and responsibly to homes and businesses across the province of Ontario and owns and operates Ontario's 28,000 kilometre high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 125,000 kilometre low-voltage distribution system that serves about 1.3 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities in the province. Hydro One is wholly owned by the Ontario Government.

- 30 -

For more information, contact Hydro One Media Relations 24 hours a day at 1-877-506-7584 (toll-free in Ontario only) or 416-345-6868. Our website is www.HydroOne.com.