Spring and summer storm safety tips

Apr 4, 2019 - In Alberta, thunderstorm season begins in mid-April and lasts until mid-October. If a thunderstorm is imminent, there are several precautions you can take to protect you and your property: [...]

North wind storm knocks out power to thousands

Jun 20, 2018 - ​On Monday, June 11, 2018, a powerful wind with gusts up to 100 kilometres per hour started up in the northern part of our service territory, which then continued throughout the following day. By Monday afternoon we had more than 3,000 cus [...]

Creative solutions for a complex outage in Provost

May 1, 2018 - Following Mother Nature’s destructive path, where AltaLink transmission structures located in a wetland were damaged due to spring melt and heavy winds, FortisAlberta found creative ways to get the power back on for nearly 1,000 customers i [...]

Frosty morning causes outages in central Alberta

Nov 25, 2016 - Yesterday FortisAlberta experienced outages in the Central/Eastern part of our service territory as a result of heavy frost and galloping lines. Approximately 1,850 customers were without power in pockets off Hwy 13, east of Camrose and lar [...]

Three ways to protect your appliances during an outage

Nov 26, 2015 - Outages and disturbances to transmission and distribution facilities are expected in the normal course of operations. Customers are encouraged to protect all their electrical facilities and devices from outages and disturbances to transmiss [...]