About 60 Hydro-Quebec employees are headed to Rhode Island to help get the lights back on.
Severe thunderstorms hit the state this week, causing major damage to the power grid.
A convoy of 25 trucks left Quebec on Wednesday evening and the crews will be deployed in the field on Thursday.
Hydro-Quebec says the 50 line workers, as well as technical and logistics personnel, were drawn from different regions of Quebec to leave sufficient staff behind to handle provincial needs. As a member of the North Atlantic Mutual Assistance Group, Hydro-Quebec provides help to neighbouring utilities during emergencies and receives their help when needed. In January, about 50 crews from Hydro-Quebec went to Boston to help the city recover from the effects of a major winter storm.
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