The community of Wekweètì experienced an early morning power outage on Saturday as temperatures dipped into the minus 20 degree zone.
Naka officials reported that crews along with local contractors manually worked to restore power after an automated component at the generation plant stopped working.
It is unclear what the exact cause of the power outage was and why back up power systems failed, but crews reported that power was restored by approximately 10:00 a.m. Saturday following equipment repairs at the local power plant.
Vic Barr, manager of Naka Power Utilities for the N.W.T., said that nearly 70 customers lost power after an automated part stopped functioning early Saturday morning.
“On November 29, 2025, at approximately 5:15 a.m., the community of Wekweeti experienced a power outage to 68 residential and business customers. Power was fully restored by 10:00 a.m. the same day, for a total of 4 hrs 45 minutes. The outage occurred as an automated component of the plant stopped working and we had to complete manual work to restore power,” said Barr.
The company is continuing to investigate the exact cause of the outage.
“We are actively investigating the cause of the notification failure to ensure this does not happen again. Maintaining reliable service for our customers is our top priority, and we appreciate the community’s patience and understanding during this incident,” said Barr.
On Sunday evening, the city of Yellowknife also experienced a brief outage that lasted less than 30 minutes.
