It has been a challenging 24 hours for residents of Paulatuk and for this organization too! A partial power outage in the community lasted more than a day and required NTPC President Jay Grewal to declare a Level 3 Emergency for the first time in a decade.
A number of NTPC employees worked extremely hard to help bring power back to the community and should be thanked. This includes those on the ground in Paulatuk (line crew, electrician and plant operator) as well as employees who provided support from other locations to ensure a safe, successful and timely resolution of the outage.
Power was lost during gusty and windy conditions yesterday afternoon. We quickly identified that downed distribution lines were the cause and that power would be out overnight. The Mayor of Paulatuk was contacted and he arranged to have the local school opened as a warming centre.
Our line crew and electrician were unable to reach the community until approximately 12:00 noon today. Once on the ground, the crew got to work and were able to get the repairs done safely and quickly.
Both the Mayor of Paulatuk and the local MLA expressed appreciation for the efforts of the line crew, electrician and plant operator.
Thank you to all who were involved.