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Hydro One restoring final customers in Huntsville and Bracebridge area

September 29, 2006 — Hydro One crews are working to restore power to the final customers affected by last Sunday’s severe storm.

This afternoon less than 2700 customers remain out of power, down from about 100,000 outages reported since last Sunday’s severe wind storm. Crews expect to restore 95% of the remaining reported customers by 11 p.m. tonight.

Almost 700 Hydro One lines, forestry and support staff, helicopters and hundreds of heavy vehicles are deployed throughout the Huntsville, Bracebridge and Parry Sound areas to speed restoration. Workers have replaced hundreds of broken poles, cross-arms and kilometres of downed conductor, and cleared thousands of trees and limbs off power lines.

Crews will be working throughout the weekend to continue the clean up operation and respond to new calls from cottagers who arrive to discover a power outage.

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 owns and operates Ontario's 28,400 kilometre high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 122,000 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 Province of Ontario.

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