Hydro-Québec is planning to go ahead with planned power outages to work on the network Wednesday, meaning over a thousand customers will be off the grid during the heat wave.
The service interruptions are scheduled in Montreal’s Rosemont and on the West Island.
A spokesperson for the utility said that due to Montreal being under a heat warning, some planned outages have been rescheduled, but others still need to go ahead because of the urgency of the work.
Hydro-Québec says some of the work is necessary to do immediately in order to avoid long-term outages.
The outage in the West Island is expected to last about eight hours and will affect 1,000 customers in the areas of Hymus and St.-Jean Boulevards.
Environment Canada recommends spending at least two hours a day in an air-conditioned or cool place, or to take a cool shower or bath, as humidex values are expected to exceed 40 in the afternoon in Montreal over the next few days, before the heat and humidity begins to ease on Friday.
On Tuesday morning, over 10,000 Hydro-Québec customers were without power in Abitibi-Témiscamingue due to equipment failure.