Power outage in central Edmonton unrelated to heatwave: AESO

Epcor crews were working Friday to get to the bottom of a power outage that struck an unknown number of customers in the afternoon. 
Power went out just before 2 p.m. in swathes of downtown, Old Strathcona and other neighbourhoods. Crews restored power about an hour later. 
Epcor spokesman Tim le Riche said the outage was caused by equipment failure, but crews did not have specifics. Power has been restored to central #yeg neighbourhoods. Thanks for supporting our crews, and stay