AltaLink

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the Alberta Municipalities Convention and Trade Show this week.

David Bonin, AltaLink’s Wildfire Program Engineer was proud to join our colleagues FortisAlberta
and ATCO representing the Alberta Wildfire Utility Coalition. We’re proud to be part of this coalition, aligning our efforts to reduce wildfire risk and increase the resiliency of the electric system across Alberta’s higher-risk wildfire area.

Learn more about what we’re doing: www.altalink.ca/wildfiresafety.

Our control centre continuously monitors conditions across our system. During extreme and dangerous fire weather conditions, where the threat of sparking a wildfire is extreme, we may proactively shut off power to our impacted transmission lines until conditions are safe to turn it back on. This is called a Public Safety Power Shutoff, and is a last resort measure to ensure public safety.

Learn more at www.altalink.ca/wildfiresafety

From assembling hygiene kits and supporting the Calgary Drop-In Centre through volunteer efforts, to raising more than $12,000 for United Way of Calgary and Area through our annual ice cream fundraiser, our team is proud to support organizations making a difference in our communities.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated, and helped create positive impacts for those who need it most.

Over the next week, we will use a helicopter to inspect our power lines across to ensure the safety and reliability of the electric system. This week, you may see us in Town of Barrhead, Village of Clyde, Fort Saskatchewan, Town of Hardisty, Lac La Biche County, Town of Provost, Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, City of Wetaskiwin and Westlock County.

From routine inspections to essential repairs, maintaining our transmission system is an important part of delivering safe and reliable electricity.

A big thank you to our lines crew for recently completing repairs on one of our transmission lines in Canmore.

NOTICE: On Tuesday, Sept. 15, AltaLink crews will be completing repairs on three structures on our 54L transmission line along the Benchlands Trail pathway in the Town of Canmore. The pathway will remain open to the public while the repair work takes place. Please watch for construction signage and crew direction as side-by-side vehicles will require access to the area periodically.

This repair work is separate from the 54L Transmission Line Rebuild project. For information on that project visit https://www.altalink.ca/project/54L/

Situational awareness is an important part of our effort to reduce wildfire risk. With weather stations and wildfire detection cameras installed across our system, we’re able to monitor real-time conditions and respond quickly to potential risks.

Learn more: www.altalink.ca/wildfiresafety

Update on the power outage impacting Town of Hinton:

Crews continue to complete restoration work and at this time we anticipate restoring power around midnight tonight.

We want to thank everyone impacted for your patience and understanding today. We know how important electricity is to you. To be able to restore power safely, our crews needed to understand the full extent of the damage to be able to complete the necessary steps to get power back on, and they've been working to do this as quickly as possible. Yellowhead County FortisAlberta

Update on the power outage impacting Town of Hinton area: Crews identified damaged equipment within our substation. They continue to investigate the cause of the damage and are working to isolate the damaged equipment to be able to restore power this evening. We will provide an update on the anticipated restoration time as the work progresses. We appreciate your patience and understanding while our crews work safely to get power on as soon as possible. Yellowhead County FortisAlberta

We are aware of an outage impacting Yellowhead County in the Town of Hinton area. Crews are investigating and we're working closely with FortisAlberta to restore power safely and as quickly as we can. We will provide more information as we have it.