In our province, there are areas considered at a higher risk of fast-spreading catastrophic wildfires. In extreme cases, the electricity transmission provider, AltaLink, has established a Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) program to be implemented as a last resort measure in times of severe wildfire risk. PSPS is dependent on a variety of factors and if activated, this could result in a temporary shutdown of power to the FortisAlberta system in the affected areas and we ask for people to be prepared for at least 72 hours.
PSPS is a last resort and only used under the most extreme circumstances, although we want you to be prepared.
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Our outage map gives you access to electricity outage information in our service territory including estimated restoration times, cause and the number of affected customers. In addition, customers can: