Summerside continues energy independence push with substation repair timeline uncertain

Summerside continues energy independence push with substation repair timeline uncertain

Officials in P.E.I.’s second-largest city have lingering questions about the stability of their power supply, which has to go through Maritime Electric's grid.

Maritime Electric working to resolve issues at Sherbrooke substation

With the power outages in Prince County on Feb 3 and Feb 10, the cause is more complicated than a transformer tripping out of service at the Sherbrooke substation in Summerside.