Update on the Storm

We made it through the night without losing power, but this morning there have been some serious "blips" and we've expected to lose power but it hasn't happened yet. We received the following report from Washington Electric this morning:

OUTAGE REPORT

Monday, April 16, 2007, 7:45 AM

Washington Electric Co-op’s crews are continuing to restore power knocked out by the storm that began on April 15. Outages first began to occur mid-afternoon on Sunday, reaching an evening peak of approximately 1,000 members out at 8:00 PM Sunday night. This number was reduced to 384 at 6:00 AM this morning.

However, the heavy rain and wind that have now moved in have caused another round of outages, as wet heavy snow unloaded from trees. WEC currently has approximately 1,100 members without power at locations throughout our territory. The highest concentration is in Orange County, and we have four crews working in the Tunbridge/Corinth/Topsham/Orange area. There are two crews assigned to outages in East Montpelier, Calais and Duxbury, and one crew working in the Walden area. WEC is receiving additional assistance from the Morrisville Electric Department.

WEC crews will continue to work through the day to restore power to people affected by the storm. We expect to make significant progress in the next few hours and will have several hundred restored this morning. However, some scattered outages that involve downed lines or a broken pole will take longer. WEC does expect that a small number of people will spend Monday night without power and has informed those members where we expect repairs will take the longest.

Washington Electric Co-op serves over 10,000 member households and businesses in 41 towns in Orange, Washington and Caledonia Counties.

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