Deval Patrick asked residents still without power to be patient. "After we get through with the safety and critical customers and critical faculties like hospitals and shelters and those types of things, we try to get the biggest customers going first and work our way down," Hallstrom said. National Grid brought in crews from as far away as Ohio, Texas and Kentucky to help with repairs.Ĭraig Hallstrom, vice president of electric operations for NSTAR, said 600 crews are prioritizing damage in 1,600 locations, but it can still take days to restore power. National Grid President Marcy Reed said the damage is unprecedented, and the utility's power restoration effort is a time-consuming, block-by-block operation now that it has repaired high-priority transmission lines. Still, in the wake of this weekend's severe snowstorm, utility companies say it will likely take days before power is completely restored throughout the state. " Restoration priority is being given to hospitals and schools.
"That number will continue to grow where we will be up over 2,000 by. "There are over 1,500 crews that are on the ground in Massachusetts as we speak," said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard Sullivan during a midday news conference. Massachusetts officials said Monday they expect about half of the state's 460,000 residents without power to be back online by the end of the day. A vehicle drives under a fallen tree that hangs over a road in Wilbraham on Monday (AP) Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 10 years old.
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