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stouffville suntribunew thursday may 3 2007 19 power outages large concern for merchants from page 1 there was a lot of work to be done to bring the distribu tion system to hydro ones standard mr manchee said the utility has installed fuse coordination to protect the station transformer and limit the number of cus tomers affected by outages a number of under ground switch gears were replaced and fault indicators were installed making it eas ier to pinpoint problem areas the utility can supply the needs of the town for the foreseeable future shane deugo supervising distribu tion technician at hydro one told council the utility is encouraging homeowners to install smart meters which schedule more electricity use for off- peak times as well as other conservation initiatives to anticipate future demand hydro one installed a 44000volt line from ballantrae to bethesda road and hwy 48 northwest of stouffville over the past two years a number of alternate feeds were added to the power dis tribution system this allows us to reroute electricity to and keep most customers power on said mike moran customer oper ations manager for hydro one a second high voltage line has been installed in stouf fville by june stouffville will have two regulated feeds to improve the systems reliabil ity a third one is planned the hydro improvements are encouraging councillor rob hargrave said the older residents who have suffered through some of these blackouts can be reassured he said during the towns ongoing interviews with local busi- nesspeople for its business retention and expansion pro gram the issue of power out ages comes up frequently the town relayed the con cerns to hydro one asking it to improve the situation and bring a report to council the business communi ty is being heard town cao dave cash said the power outages take their toll on residents and businesses during last julys 12hour outage stouffvilles sobeys lost thousands of dollars worth of food prepared hot foods and foods from freez ers and refrigerated cases had to be thrown out because their safety couldnt be ensured although hydro rates keep going up when the power goes off they do nothing to credit us about three months ago there was a shorter power outage and only the prepared hot foods had to be discard ed sobeys manager colin macintosh said the number and extent of power outages here far exceeds what he has experi enced in other communi ties both large and small he said hair break a downtown hair and nail salon has lost hundreds of dollars worth of business during outages owner tony nardelli said i have lost some days of business he said although hydro rates keep going up when the power goes off they do nothing to credit us mr nardelli said when there is a problem hydro one is mandated by the ontario energy board to be on site in urban loca tions in 60 minutes so per cent of the time mr moran said 1mi w 6995 regular season pass 4995 jrsr season pass j is wonderland is offering discounted season passes but for a limited time only so get yours now a season pass gets you unlimited access to both canadas wonderland and our 20acre water park splash works all season long that means you get to spend all day any day enjoying over 200 attractions including two allnew award winning live shows twistin to the sixties and endless summer an ice skating spectacular to purchase season passes go to canadaswonderiandcom visit the park or call 90583281 31 umm a 1 r r s 111 i ff v i wiere ese sfwpw tm 2007 cedar fair entertainment company m iwi vi if you received a blood transfusion or blood product before 1992 you may have been infected with hepatitis g hepatitis c is a bloodborne virus that slowly damages your liver symptoms do not show up for years but you will eventually get sick before 1992 screening for this disease was not consistent and many patients became infected through the blood system so ask your doctor about getting tested detection is key to controlling the virus and you may be entitled to financial assistance hepatitis c find out if you have it get tested 18772224977 paid for by the government of ontario wwwhealthgovoncahepc l- ontario