Days after Tropical Storm Irene hit, I continue to receive many calls from constituents who live in communities still without power. From the beginning, my office and I have been actively working with NSTAR and National Grid to ensure that power is restored as soon as possible to our residents and we will continue working with them until all power is restored.
I wanted to provide the most up-to-date reports from NSTAR and National Grid regarding the outages in my communities and their estimated timelines for power restoration.
NSTAR is currently reporting:
Ashland
Total # of Customers Served – 7,319
Total # of Customers Without Power – 359
Percent of Customers Without Power – 4.91%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Framingham
Total # of Customers Served – 29,638
Total # of Customers Without Power – 1,128
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 3.81%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Franklin
Total # of Customers Served – 41
Total # of Customers Without Power – 12
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 31.71%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Holliston
Total # of Customers Served – 5,971
Total # of Customers Without Power – 453
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 7.59%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Hopkinton
Total # of Customers Served – 5,842
Total # of Customers Without Power – 192
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 3.29%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Medway
Total # of Customers Served – 5,100
Total # of Customers Without Power – 196
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 3.84%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/11
Natick
Total # of Customers Served – 16,212
Total # of Customers Without Power – 196
Percentage of Customers Without Power – 2.84%
Estimated Restoration Time – 10 PM Friday, 9/2/1
Source: http://www.nstar.com/residential/outage_towns-9-1-8.pdf
National Grid is currently reporting:
Franklin
Customers Served – 12,715
Customers Affected – 1,315
Latest Estimated Restoration Time – September 4th at 12:00 a.m.
Source: http://www1.nationalgridus.com/masselectric/stormcenter/
Once clean up is finished and power is restored to all residents, we are going to meet with NSTAR, National Grid, and local officials to assess the storm response and discuss ways in which we can more efficiently respond to damage and power outages for the next storm that comes our way.
For more information, continue to follow www.karenspilka.com for updates as we receive them. Also, please check the links for NSTAR and National Grid listed above for information throughout the day.
The safety of my constituents is always foremost in my mind and I have also been in touch with the local officials of each community I represent about different storm relief programs or initiatives they have started. Please visit my website for local storm relief programs underway.
Warm Regards,
Karen E. Spilka
2nd Middlesex and Norfolk
http://www.karenspilka.com/