By JEFF EPSTEIN
Today’s snowstorm has caused power outages on both sides of the Connecticut River.
UPDATE:
Some power issues from this morning have been cleared by the power companies, but new ones have occurred as well.
In southeastern Vermont, the largest impact in our area appears to be in the western towns near the mountains. According to Green Mountain Power as of 3:30 p.m., the town of Chester had 722 customers affected by 32 power outages. Ludlow has 18 outages affected 642 customers. Cavendish had 28 outages causing 478 customers to lose power. That town has suffered many downed trees blocking roads, town manager Brendan McNamara told the Eagle Times.
Green Mountain Power reports that Windsor and West Windsor, combined, have 249 customers affected from an unknown number of incidents. Windsor Town Manager Tom Marsh said he knows of one power line down on County Road. Most other town roads are being plowed and sanded as normal, he said.
Weathersfield has 13 outages affecting 138 customers, according to Green Mountain Power.
In New Hampshire, Eversource has apparently cleared a morning incident on Prospect Street in Claremont, but is still working on incidents at Myrtle Street and on Bible Hill Road. Many roads in Claremont are now down to blacktop.
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As of 12:40 p.m., Eversource reported at least 114 customers affected in the Claremont, NH area from at least four outages. By 1:45 p.m., that had increased to six outages affected at least 128 customers.
About 39 customers in the Cornish area were affected by five outages at around noon, and by 1:45 p.m., Eversource reported seven incidents affecting at least 44 customers.
Most outages began in the morning hours, and Eversource said the incidents were being investigated.
In Vermont, Green Mountain Power reported that as of around 1 p.m., six outages causes 15 customers in Windsor to lose power. West Windsor had 35 outages affected 194 customers. Weathersfield had 10 outages that caused 125 customers to lose power, and Springfield had 19 outages affecting 392 customers.
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