Some 17,000 customers are still without electricity more than a week after a powerful spring storm encrusted parts of central and eastern Ontario with ice.
Hydro One’s outage map shows most of those are in the Peterborough and Georgian Bay areas, both hard hit by the March 30 ice storm.
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The utility says more than 10,000 of those without power are secondary properties such as cottages and trailers.
It says power is expected to be restored to most residential customers by the end of the week, except for those needing inspections by the Electrical Safety Authority due to damage.
Hydro One says the weather today will allow the use of helicopters and boats for restoration in several areas.
More than a million homes and businesses in the province experienced outages due to the storm.
Windy, rainy weather hampered restoration efforts in the days that followed.
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