Thousands briefly left in the dark Tuesday evening
Many Newfoundland Power customers experienced a brief power outage on Tuesday night. Newfoundland Hydro said that a transmission line trip caused a brief outage for pockets of customers on the island.
NL Power said what happened is known as an underfrequency load shed – intentionally designed to take customers offline in order to balance frequency and ensure stability when there’s a sudden trip. Thousands of households island-wide went dark, from St. John’s to Corner Brook.
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