CL&P's projection for restoring the "vast majority" of its customers was "Monday or Tuesday," according to William Quinlan, a senior vice president for the utility.
"This is an estimate, it is not a guarantee," Quinlan said, adding that pockets of customers in particularly difficult areas would probably go beyond that date.
Quinlan said about 2 percent of customers would likely fall into that category.
The number of lineman being brought in from outside the company was expected to go from 1,080 on Wednesday to about 2,000 in the next several days, Quinlan said.
Of the thousands of trouble spots still left to repair, Quinlan said some of them involve trees on power lines but other — at least 1,000 — involve placing new poles.
"Our singular focus is on the 250,000 customers who remain without power," he said.
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I'd say you're on to something with that glass half full thing. Glad it survived the storm.
txt msg. to: 246 12 in the body type this and your zip code i.e. outage 06413 1604 it will give current customers at that zip that are out. It's a little encouraging seeing the number go down. It will also show the shelter location/locations.
its time to reassess our own personal dependence on electricity and just how casually we take it for granted. winter is actually on the way, believe it or not. we've had some pretty mild weather the last few years, it can't last, statistics rule the world, and we are due for some bad stretches.