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Ice Storm: Report finds communication problems in Toronto Hydro response

Watch above: Review suggests there was communication problems at the heart of Hydro’s ice storm response. Jackson Proskow reports. 

TORONTO – A panel that reviewed Toronto Hydro’s response to the 2013 ice storm has found there was major customer communication problems.

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Toronto Hydro commissioned an independent panel to look at its performance during the storm and to confirm practices that worked well and identify areas in need of improvement.

Hard-hit municipalities across southern Ontario had said the recovery efforts could cost more than $250 million, including more than 100-million just for Toronto.

The storm downed trees and hydro lines, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power for days and stalled road and air travel.

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