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Power restored in Whitby after early morning outage left 6,584 customers without hydro

An early morning outage left 6,584 Whitby customers without power on Wednesday, November 11; Elexicon Energy says power was restored by about 7:15 a.m. The cause is unknown.

By Daily Durham News

Nov 11, 2026, 8:10 a.m. ET1 min read

A wooden utility pole with a transformer and power lines against a blue sky. — File photo of a utility pole with a transformer and power lines. The photo does not show the Whitby outage itself. · Credit: Candeadly / Wikimedia Commons

Power has been restored in Whitby after an early morning outage on Wednesday, November 11, left 6,584 customers without hydro, Elexicon Energy says.

The outage was first reported at 2:43 a.m., according to Elexicon Energy, and the utility said in an update around 7:15 a.m. that power had been restored.

Elexicon first attributed the outage to equipment failure, then later said power was lost due to an unknown cause. The utility did not say which areas of Whitby were affected.

Elexicon Energy's outage map showed no active outages in Whitby on Wednesday morning, consistent with the restoration.

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