BC Hydro expects to get all customers back online Tuesday, five days after the storm hit. Ice storms are different and obviously this was an atypical storm for us," she said. She said that in the long term, BC Hydro has no plans to make changes to how it responds to extreme ice storms or how infrastructure is built. BC Hydro workers were seen restoring power to thousands of homes in the Fraser Valley after three days of freezing rain. Eliesen questions whether BC Hydro has adequate equipment and crew training to deal with ice storms if they become more frequent.

Source: CBC News January 03, 2018 01:41 UTC