Sudden outage leave thousands in N.B.without power

Tara Clow September 12, 2023 6:55 am Last Updated on February 8, 2026 12:19 pm

It was a dark night for thousands in the southeastern part of the province.

The lights suddenly went out at around 10 p.m. Monday night.

NB Power reported over 25, 000 in areas including Moncton, Riverview, Dieppe and surrounding regions without electricity.

Most had their power restored by around 1 a.m.

NB Power has now confirmed a transmission system outage was to blame.

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Tara Clow

Tara Clow is a multi-award-winning news anchor and reporter with more than 30 years of experience at radio stations across Canada. She is a graduate of the Radio and TV Arts program at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Humber College radio broadcasting program. She is based in Moncton and covers stories across Canada. Contact Tara at clow.tara@radioabl.ca.