Asked why the utility doesn\u0027t have more people working to restore power, Hydro\u002DQuébec responded that more staff wouldn\u0027t speed up the process, but instead would create logistical problems.
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At its peak, the storm plunged 1.1 million Hydro-Québec customers into darkness. Power was restored to the vast majority of clients by the end of the weekend, but 35,000 customers remained without power across Quebec as of noon Monday. Montreal remained the hardest-hit area, with 21,099 customers still in the dark.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
In some cases, outage numbers have increased since 9 a.m., which could be the result of system overloads “because too many appliances were left on after the outage started, making it more difficult to restore power,” Hydro explained on Twitter. Régis Tellier, Hydro-Québec’s vice-president of operations and maintenance, told reporters Sunday morning that power had been restored to over 90 per cent of customers who lost electricity. The utility met its target of restoring power to at least 95 per cent of affected customers as of Sunday evening.
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