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After another N.B. Power transmission line problem left more than 4,500 people in Edmundston without power on Wednesday, the mayor said he is “fed up.” Eric Marquis is calling for the utility to replace Line 70, a 60-year-old transmission line at the heart of the outages dating back to 2019.
Mayor calls on utility to come up with emergency plan to fix problematic ‘Line 70’
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 22, 2026 4:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 33 minutes ago
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Failures on N.B. Power transmission lines have caused six power outage in the Edmundston area since the beginning of 2025, according to Edmundston Energy director Pierre Roy. (Bernard LeBel/Radio-Canada)
Edmundston Mayor Eric Marquis is calling on N.B. Power to come up with an emergency plan to fix problems with a 60-year-old transmission line that provides power to the city and surrounding communities.
The city issued an alert early Wednesday morning warning of a power outage affecting more than 4,500 homes connected to the Edmundston distribution grid. The outage lasted just under seven hours.
It’s the second transmission outage in a week, Marquis said.
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