Penticton power outage affects 5,000 customers as temperatures plummet

There's currently a power outage in Penticton affecting thousands of residents. The City of Penticton has issued an alert saying 5,000 of its customers have been impacted. Crews have been dispatched to investigate the cause of the outage and work on fixing it. The electrical utility department was unable to comment on the situation, but did say its phones were “ringing off the hook,” and the city’s communication department is reportedly out of power and is unavailable. The city has put out a map of the affected area.  The city says it will provide more information as soon as possible. To contact a reporter for this story, email Jesse Tomas mailto:jtomas@infonews.ca  or call 250-488-3065 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .