Power Struggle: Turning the Lights Back On

CL&P posts estimates for when some towns may see power again.

People across Connecticut woke up for the third straight morning with no power, and that was leading to frustration and anger as nighttime temperatures hovered near the freezing mark.

"I can't take much more of this," Lindsay Williams said on Facebook. "Going on Day 4".

"I'm in New Milford and am desperately waiting to see a utility truck by my street," Stephanie Wellens-Donnelly posted.

As of Tuesday, 655,000 Connecticut Light & Power customers were in the dark. Jeff Butler, CEO of CL&P said the power company was bringing in utility crews from across the country. He expected to have 825 crews working by Tuesday and 1,259 working by Thursday.

CL&P posted restoration estimates for 50 towns in eastern and southwestern Connecticut. For some towns, such as Chaplin and Mansfield, the power company said it doesn't expect to have electricity restored until Sunday. CL&P said it hoped to have estimates for all towns, including the areas hardest hit, by Wednesday.

Here is the list:

Branford: 99 percent restoration complete
Brooklyn: 99 percent restoration complete
Canterbury: 99percent restoration complete
Chaplin: Sunday, Nov. 6, 11:59 p.m.
Chester: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 11:59 p.m.
Clinton: 99 percent restoration complete
Colchester: Thursday, Nov. 3, 6 p.m.
Columbia: Sunday, Nov. 6, 11:59 p.m.
Danbury: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Darien: Thursday, Nov. 3, 11:59 p.m.
Deep River: 99 percent restoration complete
East Haddam: Friday, Nov.  6 p.m.
East Hampton: Saturday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.
East Lyme: 99 percent restoration complete
Essex: 99 percent restoration complete
Franklin: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6 p.m.
Greenwich: Thursday, Nov. 3, 11 p.m.
Griswold: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Groton: 99 percent restoration complete
Guilford: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 11:59 p.m.
Haddam: Saturday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.
Hampton: 99 percent restoration complete
Hebron: Saturday, Nov. 5, 6 p.m.
Killingly: 99 percent restoration complete
Killingworth: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 11:59 p.m.
Lebanon: Sunday, Nov, 6, 6 p.m.
Ledyard: 99 percent restoration complete
Lisbon: 99 percent restoration complete
Lyme: 99 percent restoration complete
Madison: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 11:59 p.m.
Mansfield: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
New Canaan: Friday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.
New Milford: Friday, Nov. 4, 11:59 p.m.
North Stonington: 99 percent restoration complete
Norwalk: Friday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.
Old Lyme: 99 percent restoration complete
Old Saybrook: 99 percent restoration complete
Plainfield: 99 percent restoration complete
Pomfret: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Putnam: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Salem: 99 percent restoration complete
Scotland: 99 percent restoration complete
Stamford: Thursday, Nov. 3, 11:59 p.m.
Stonington: 99 percent restoration complete
Thompson: Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m.
Voluntown: 99 percent restoration complete
Wallingford: 99 percent restoration complete
Westbrook: 99 percent restoration complete
Westport: Friday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.
Windham: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m.
 

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