Update at 4:15 p.m.: Greater Sudbury Hydro has now successfully restored power to all customers affected today.
The outage began shortly after 8:30 a.m. and at the peak, darkened service to about 700 customers the Moonglo subdivision and along Kelly Lake Road. Dynamic Earth was also affected.
The cause was a series of events triggering faults in underground services. Most customers were restored shortly after 1 p.m. but the last affected addresses were re-energized just before 4 p.m.
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Updated at 2 p.m.: Powerline electricians have replaced the piece of equipment which had overheated and triggered the outage shortly after 9:15 a.m., but they are now trying to deal with a secondary fault.
Power has been restored to most of the affected area, but Telstar Avenue and Galaxy Court are still dark and will be for a couple more hours, GSU tweeted just after 1:30 p.m.
Update at 10:55 a.m.: Crews are still on site in the Kelly Lake/Moonglo area of Sudbury attempting to restore power to about 500 Greater Sudbury Utilities (GSU) customers.
GSU was replacing a piece of equipment called an "elbow" — which is used to connect two lines together — when the outage occurred. The elbow overheated and the system's automatic safety protocols kicked in to shut down the power.
About 500 customers, including Dynamic Earth, are affected.
Original story
GSU spokesperson Wendy Watson said power is expected to be restored in about two hours.Greater Sudbury Utilities crews are trying to restore power to 500 residents of the Kelly Lake/Moonglo area this morning.
The utility announced the outage on Twitter about an hour ago.
"Crews are working on an outage in the Kelly Lake/Moonglo area. Still trying to determine cause. no restoration estimate yet. #bearwithus," the tweet read.
NorthernLife.ca will update this story as new information comes available.
