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Interview – David Gillespie – L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Power Outages 2022

Interview – David Gillespie – L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Power Outages 2022

5 January 2023 à 5:48 pm

In the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, David Gillespie, a local farmer, has been keeping detailed statistics on the number of Hydro Quebec power outage for over 14 years (since 2009).

In his yearly update to CHIP 101.9, Gillespie revealed that the number of power outage for 2022 reduced once again to 32 power outages, as compared to the 37 recorded in 2021. This number is down significantly from 2019, which saw 103 power outages that year (47 in 2020).

In the following interview, David Gillespie discusses the data he has collected for 2022.


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