Power in the Kennebecasis Valley was restored Thursday night, after approximately nine hours in the dark.
The utility posted to Facebook, and said repairs were completed in Rothesay around 9:40 p.m.
At its peak, more than 11,000 customers in the Kennebecasis Valley, Kingston Peninsula and outlying communities like Norton, St. Martins and Hampton were without power.
Making matters more difficult, NB Power posted to its Facebook page about vandalism slowing down restoration efforts in Rothesay.
“The transmission outage in the Rothesay area was caused by a tree coming in contact with a transmission line,” the update said. “Crews are onsite, but repairs are being delayed due to equipment vandalism.”
The Town of Quispamsis advised that the QPlex would be closed until further notice due to the outage.
Saint John Energy also reported significant outages in the areas of Grandview Avenue, Silver Falls and Westmorland Road.
Just over 1,800 customers were in the dark in those areas as of 1 p.m.
By 2 p.m., those customers had been restored.
NBCC Saint John closed at 1 p.m. due to the outage.
