Many thousands of people lost power on Monday following a motor vehicle collision.
The crash occurred northwest of Marmora in the late morning.
The outage affected residents and businesses from the Village of Hastings and Campbellford in the west, to north of Havelock, to Cloyne in the east, to Thomasburg, Glen Ross, Stirling-Rawdon, Centre Hastings and more.
As of 7 p.m., thousands still remain without hydro.