SaskPower says all remaining residential and farm customers in southeast Saskatchewan should have their power restored by this evening barring any issues or unexpected delays.

Throughout Monday evening SaskPower crews were able to restore power to Redvers, North Portal, Wapella, and the rural area south of Stoughton.

Since SaskPower commenced repairs after southeast Saskatchewan was hit by a second spring snowstorm in a week, over 600 power poles and 2,200 crossarms have been dispatched to crews in the area and that number is expected to rise as power is restored to remaining customers.

A crew from Prince Albert, one from Kindersley, two from Saskatoon, and two from Tisdale will begin working in the region Tuesday morning. Updated number of technicians currently deployed to the southeast is now up to 216.

Thickness of ice on power lines – photos courtesy SaskPower

SaskPower says its outage centre has fielded over 9,700 calls since the beginning of the spring storm that brought widespread outages to the southeast corner of the province and reports of downed lines are still coming in from around the region.

If anyone comes across a downed line, they should keep back at least 10 metres or 33 feet , and call the SaskPower Outage Centre.