Status Updates

Tuesday, October 14 at 9:30 a.m.

• There are currently fewer than 600 customers remaining without power. Isolated outages may persist as crews address damage across the state.
• Windy, rainy weather conditions are expected to taper off during the day today, although lingering hazards from downed limbs and saturated ground could be a concern.
• A few light, isolated showers remain possible throughout the day today and dry weather conditions are predicted through Saturday.
• We are in the final stage of this event and will begin to demobilize and release contractor crews as necessary and once restoration and repairs are complete.
• We continue to maintain adequate restoration resources to quickly and safely restore the remaining outages and any additional outages that may occur from the retreating storm.
• Crews have restored more than 60,000 customers since the beginning of this weather event and have cleared more than 145 blocked roads.
  

Monday, October 13 at 6 p.m.

• We continue to respond to storm impacts, including heavy rain and strong winds across Connecticut. While weather conditions are expected to taper off this evening into Tuesday, lingering hazards from downed limbs and saturated ground remain a concern.
• Stronger winds may persist through this evening, particularly across coastal areas and higher terrain inland, but hazardous gusts are expected to ease after midnight. Coastal flooding of 1 to 2 feet has been observed along the immediate shoreline, and additional rainfall totals of 0.15 to 0.30 inches are expected.
• While winds have diminished, earlier gusts of up to 50 mph and prolonged rainfall have left behind debris and flooding that may slow restoration efforts in some areas. Crews will continue working as quickly as safety permits.
• With road conditions still challenging in parts of the state, We remain focused on safe restoration and continue to anticipate a multi-day restoration event.
• Our top priority remains responding to public safety issues, such as blocked roads or downed lines, and addressing community priorities, schools and critical facilities.
• Crews have restored more than 46,000 customers since the beginning of this weather event and have cleared over 100 blocked roads.
• There are currently fewer than 6,000 customers remaining without power. Isolated outages may persist as crews address damage across the state. We have secured sufficient resources to address the forecasted impacts on the electric system as the storm continues tonight.

Monday, October 13 at 1:45 p.m.

• We are responding to impacts from a slow-moving coastal storm that continues to cause damage to the electrical system in Connecticut. Weather conditions are expected to linger through this evening into Tuesday, and additional outages are expected to continue throughout the day. 
• As periods of heavy rain and strong winds from 35 to 40 mph, with peak gusts up to 50 mph, persist — primarily in southern Connecticut along the coast and in the northwest hills — we will respond to outages as quickly as safety permits. 
• Winds at these levels combined with saturated ground due to heavy rain can bring trees and limbs down on our electric equipment, causing outages. Winds can hinder crews’ ability to operate equipment, and downed limbs and street flooding may also limit our ability to quickly respond to community priorities and outages during the peak of the storm. 
• We are preparing for a multi-day restoration event. 
• Visit the Eversource.com homepage for storm information and how to report or check an outage.

 Monday, October 13 at 9:30 a.m.

• Our crews restored more than 17,500 customers overnight as strong winds and rain moved across the state.
• There are currently fewer than 9,000 customers remaining without power.
• As we are currently in the peak of the storm, with strong winds from 35 to 40 mph and peak gusts up to 50 mph, primarily in southern Connecticut along the coast, we expect outages to continue throughout the day.
• Crews are focused on safely restoring power to all affected customers with a priority on schools, critical facilities and clearing blocked roads.
• Rain is forecast to continue all day today into Tuesday with rainfall totals up to 2 to 3 inches.
• Winds are expected to taper later today with lower hazard winds continuing Tuesday into Wednesday.
• This is a long-duration event over several days with persistent winds that cause falling trees and limbs to damage our equipment.
• Our substations have been checked for impacts from coastal and river flooding and are secured.

Sunday, October 12 at 6 pm

• Rain has entered the southeast portion of the state and is predicted to overtake the entire state within the next hour. Rain is forecast to continue all day on Monday. Heavier rains are expected later tonight into the early hours of Monday, October 13.
• As predicted, the winds have picked up, bringing the possibility that falling trees and limbs will damage our system. Less than 800 customers are currently reporting outages at this time.
• Strong winds from 35 to 40 mph and isolated damaging peak wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph are predicted to occur tonight into Monday.
• Southeast coastal areas of the state are predicted to have the highest potential for elevated wind gusts.
• The anticipated peak timing for impact begins tonight into tomorrow afternoon, Monday, October 13.
• Elevated winds will continue to occur all day on Monday and continue into Tuesday.
• We have secured sufficient resources to address the forecasted impacts on the electric system and are prepared to pivot quickly if conditions become more severe than currently predicted.