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Hydro concludes Brisco investigation | Copper City Confidential

Pioneer Staff

On Thursday, June 30th, a massive power surge hit the community of Brisco, knocking out power in the community and damaging many residents’ electrical equipment.

With many Brisco residents looking for some form of financial compensation for the damage, B.C. Hydro committed to conducting a thorough investigation into the incident, and released their findings publicly on Thursday, August 18th. Affected customers received the findings in the form of a letter on Wednesday, August 17th, which indicated that the cause of the outage was indeed a tree that fell on their lines, which resulted in an electrical contact between the transmission line and the distribution circuit.

The letter continues, stating that, “This contact caused a voltage surge to be transmitted into our distribution lines, which was unfortunately transmitted into some of our customers’ households in the area, potentially damaging some appliances and electronic equipment. Though this event was beyond B.C. Hydro’s control, if a second re- energization of our lines had not been attempted at 9:18 p.m., the extent and severity of the damage may have been mitigated, though nothing could have fully prevented the incident.”

B.C. Hydro Community Relations Manager for the East Kootenays, Diane Tammen, said that re-energizing a line is standard procedure in most outages, but because the tree was lying across both the transmission and distribution lines, the surge was able to reach some homes in the area.

Ms. Tammen, as well as the letter, said that in order to partially compensate their customers, B.C. Hydro is offering compensation, without admission of liability and without prejudice to its legal rights and position, to help with customers’ insurance deductibles, up to a maximum of $1,000. For customers without proper insurance, they can apply for up to $1,000 if they provide receipts and details of the equipment that was damaged.

For many Brisco residents the offer is disappointing, said Warner Einer, President of the Brisco recreation Commission, as most people he has spoken with are facing over $2,000 in damage, with some as high as $6,000.

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