Lightning near Bluefish hydro blamed for Yellowknife outage
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Lightning near Bluefish hydro blamed for Yellowknife outage
Ollie Williams
Thursday June 25, 2026 at 11:00am MT
Updated: June 25, 2026 at 11:23am MT
An NWT Power Corporation sign at Yellowknife's Jackfish power plant. Ollie Williams/Cabin Radio
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The NWT Power Corporation says lightning near a hydro plant was the cause of a citywide outage that occurred shortly before 10:45am on Thursday.
“We are aware of the outage in Yellowknife, restoration is underway,” NTPC stated just after power blinked out across the city.
“The outage was caused by lightning activity near the Bluefish hydro site.…
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