A reduction of power outages compared to June 2019
A reduction of power outages compared to June 2019
According to statistics from David Gillespie, a farmer from L’Isle-aux-Allumettes who has kept detailed statistics of power outages in Upper Pontiac, the outages have seen a reduction comparable to the same date last year. A total of 22 failures have been listed since the start of the year. In a interview with David Gillespie, he explained the possible reasons for this year’s decrease in outages.
Note, last year, a total of 103 outages were recorded, a record far exceeding that of previous year’s since the compilation of the power failures in the Pontiac Ouest have been collected.
According to David Gillespie’s data, June 2020 saw the largest number of outages thus far this year with a total of 8 outages.
| Année/Year | # de pannes/# of failures | # de minutes/ # of minutes |
| 2009 | 35 | 670 |
| 2010 | 34 | 184 |
| 2011 | 46 | 5699 |
| 2012 | 42 | 1294 |
| 2013 | 60 | 6629 |
| 2014 | 54 | 1411 |
| 2015 | 70 | 939 |
| 2016 | 75 | 4030 |
| 2017 | 58 | 784 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2802 |
| 2019 | 103 | 2675 |
| 2020 (to date) | 22 | 1232 |
The full interview with David Gillespie is available here.
