Clocks will continue to run 18 seconds faster per hour while the North Coast relies on its backup generator.
On March 1, an avalanche damaged a transmission tower on the south shore of the Skeena River, approximately 45km west of Terrace. More than 8,000 BC Hydro customers were out of power at 12:16 p.m. for approximately an hour.
“Crews and equipment have been mobilized from regions across the province. Some have already arrived on site, others are arriving today,” said Dave Mosure, northern community relations for BC Hydro.
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Snow has been cleared from the staging site and the surface was prepared for helicopters to operate in the area.
Avalanche management operations were completed on Sunday, March 4, to enable site access evaluation.
“Our plan for today [March 5] is to have a civil engineer and a geo-technical team on site. Two excavators are to be flown to the site to begin snow removal to locate the concrete pads that the tower was anchored to. The engineer will then evaluate their condition. The damaged tower is to be cut free from the line and prepped for removal.”
There is no set timeline for when the damage will be fixed.
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