Tens of thousands of people in Fairfield County remain without electricity this morning, with outages particularly heavy in the southern part of the county.
As of 9:05 a.m. Sunday, more than 16,000 customers in Greenwich are without power — more than 55 percent of Connecticut Light & Power’s service base, the utility said. Other communities hit hard include: Norwalk, with 14,800 customers without service; and New Canaan, with 5,000 of 8,300 customers without juice.
The immediate Bridgeport area is faring better. The city itself has only 1,900 outages, United Illuminating reports, only 3 percent of customers. Fairfield has the biggest hit right now, with 4,200 customers without electricity, about 19 percent of the total homes served. Trumbull and Shelton have no problems at all; Stratford has 400 outages.
UI’s outage map is here. Click on the storm center link, then the outage map link. And CL&P’s is here.
I am very disappointed in the comments made by Ken Flatto. At a time when most people are helping neighbors clean up, UI teams are working around the clock and police and fire departments are tirelessly patrolling their towns, the man is bashing UI for not being prepared. I haven’t seen one AT&T truck out replacing the poles to hang the power lines on. I have lived in Fairfield County 22 years and I have never seen such a severe storm with the one, two punch combination of rain and high, sustained winds. I lost a very large limb in my yard along with telephone wires and they will stay that way for awhile because in the scheme of things there are people with greater issues to address. Why does this have to be the “fault” of UI? We could, also, say that people who live here know that NorEasters blow through and they should have had back-up generators. It is unproductive to point fingers after the fact. Roll up your sleeves Mr. Flatto and go help your neighbors by offering a hot meal and place to stay until this is over!!
Comment by Christine S — March 15th, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
It is because UI owns the pole they have to replace it first not AT@T.Phone ,cable and who ever rents space on the pole have to wait until the owner replaces the pole.
Comment by Thomas McKirdy — February 2nd, 2011 @ 8:09 am
Wanted to correct your information concerning Trumbull….Many of Us lost power approx 8:00 am yesterday and as of this post still are without
Comment by david cosenza — August 29th, 2011 @ 11:20 am
Parts of Trumbull and Monroe still have no power as of 6:20 pm. Upper Daniels Farm Road and Rt 25 near the Monroe post office. Is the anywhere that the UI company is updating it’s progress? It seem there web site is down.
Comment by Ed — August 29th, 2011 @ 6:20 pm
POWER IS OUT IN TRUMBULL! CHECK OUT ORCHARD STREET! PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU!
Comment by Fran — August 29th, 2011 @ 10:48 pm
There’s no power in Trumbull on Porter Hill Road and all the surrounding side streets. It’s been like this since Sunday!! There are trees down on all the side streets.
Comment by Kit — August 30th, 2011 @ 9:44 am
Parts of Shelton still out since Sunday!
Comment by Roe — August 30th, 2011 @ 9:20 pm
I have been on this earth for nearly half a century. I never remember power outages where electricity was going to be out for days. When I was young, a power outage would last maybe a few hours, never even one full day. That never changed until THIS year, and I didn’t really think about it until I heard Malloy today.
What exactly is different, and why is power out for such a long time? It’s not all about mother nature’s wrath, it’s Dannel Malloy. Especially after Irene, there should have been a solid plan put into place. It’s nearly winter. Yes the power rid is getting older, and it is overtaxed, I am sure. And what role do unions play in this?
What is Malloy’s excuse this time? What is he going to do (or not do) to protect the seniors and non-ambulatory residents this winter?
Comment by Judy — October 30th, 2011 @ 1:40 pm