What if the power fails? Do WES services have a backup electricity generation system?
Power failures are extremely unlikely. Ontario Hydro and Toronto Hydro, with the city’s cooperation, have been working to ensure that power systems will be unaffected by the date change. In fact, on March 6th, Ontario Hydro moved its clocks forward to simulate the date change for its high voltage transmission system in central and west-end Toronto. The test was completely successful – an important milestone that brings Toronto one step closer to its goal of business as usual on the first day of the new century. In the event that a power failure occurs, here are the established plans for each of the WES service areas: Water Supply The city’s water supply system relies on two separate power supplies to all facilities to ensure continuous operation if a local failure occurs in the primary power supply. The water supply system is a fully integrated network that provides flexibility in dealing with local power outages. For example, if a power failure occurred at one of the city’s water filt
