Category: Power Outage


Power Outage – Solomon Islands, Temotu Province, [Province-wide]

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March 18, 2013

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18.03.2013 Power Outage Solomon Islands Temotu Province, [Province-wide] Damage level
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Power Outage in Solomon Islands on Monday, 18 March, 2013 at 11:14 (11:14 AM) UTC.

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People are still living under temporary shelter without access to water or toilets in the capital of Solomon Islands’ Temotu province almost six weeks after the region was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The premier, Father Charles Brown Beu, says more than 100 people who lost their homes are under tents or tarpaulins next to the Lata soccer field, many of them from other islands in the province. He says he needs to know what the plan is for those people. “Where would people go and so on. The sea is too far from here. One of my major concerns now is there are no toilets in those camps. And stronger ones still go down to the seaside which is about almost, almost 20, 30 minutes’ walk from the huts, temporary shelter, to the sea.” Father Charles Brown Beu says one option is for people to move back to their seaside land but they need reassurance from a geological expert that they will be safe.

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SIEA explains power outages

Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:31

SOLOMON Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA) yesterday explained the power outages experienced on Sunday and yesterday.
In a statement SIEA said it regrets the load shedding that has occurred over the last two days.

“This was a result of unexpected power outages caused by one of the generators.

“This came as a result of a problem with the Automatic Voltage Unit (AVU) that controls the supply of power coming from the generators onto the grid.”

SIEA said the AVU on one of the main generators, Watsila Gen set L7 has been experiencing outages over the last two days and as a result it had to be shut down a number of times.

Yesterday workers chose to shut down the L7 to allow electricians to work on a temporary fix to the issue.

“Replacement parts for the AVU are now on order.

“The issue with the AVU was that it normally controls to regulate load, but it was not responding and supply was inconsistent.

“Therefore a decision  to avoid any further complications was put in place, which was to shut down the system entirely for the period of time needed to fix this.

“Workers are now waiting to see whether they have successfully remedied the problem for the short term,” the statement said.

Power was believed to have returned yesterday afternoon barring further unexpected complications.

“Apologies are sincerely extended to the public and the industries affected by the power outages,” the company said.

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Power Outage – State of Texas, [San Antonio and the Hill Country] : An early morning squall with hail and high winds swept across parts of San Antonio and the Hill Country, knocking out power Sunday for about 6,500 CPS Energy customers.

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March 11, 2013

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Blustery winds gust through S.A., knock out power for thousands

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Power Outage in USA on Monday, 11 March, 2013 at 05:43 (05:43 AM) UTC.

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An early morning squall with hail and high winds swept across parts of San Antonio and the Hill Country, knocking out power Sunday for about 6,500 CPS Energy customers. Many of the outages occurred in the northern portions of the utility’s service area and lasted from about 1 a.m. to noon Sunday, when crews restored power, said CPS spokesman John Moreno. The National Weather Service received reports of quarter-sized hail at the San Antonio International Airport, where about three quarters of an inch of rain fell. Golf-ball sized hail was reported in Kerr County, said Pat McDonald, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

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Blustery winds gust through S.A., knock out power for thousandsCredit: KENS 5 viewer Javier Cortinas

A worker wrangles a portion of roof that blew off Stephen F. Austin Elementary School near downtown San Antonio on Tuesday, March. 5, 2013.

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Posted on March 5, 2013 at 7:45 AM

Updated Tuesday, Mar 5 at 10:01 PM

 

Thousands of San Antonians woke up Tuesday morning without power as high winds sweep through South Texas.

CPS Energy’s online map showed about a dozen outages affecting thousands of customers in the downtown area and on the city’s south side early Tuesday.

A wind advisory and Red Flag warning had been issued for nearly all south Texas counties.

KENS 5 meteorologist Paul Mireles said the San Antonio International Airport recorded gusts up to 40 mph early Tuesday morning. The wind should calm down by the afternoon, he said.

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Power Outage USA State of California, Bakersfield

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March 8, 2013

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08.03.2013 Power Outage USA State of California, Bakersfield Damage level
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Power Outage in USA on Friday, 08 March, 2013 at 03:58 (03:58 AM) UTC.

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A major power outage in Bakersfield temporarily left tens of thousands of customers without electricity Thursday. A PG&E spokesperson said more than 24,000 customers in downtown, central and east Bakersfield lost power about 3:30 Thursday afternoon, including San Joaquin Community Hospital. PG&E workers were running a routine maintenance test at one of their local facilities when they experienced equipment failure. The failure caused 47 separate outages. The outage made for a rough start to the early evening commute. The traffic lights were out at 23rd and L Streets and traffic was backed up through the downtown area. The generator kicked on at San Joaquin Hospital. The power was quickly restored and the outage didn’t affect any services. “Obviously with patients in the hospital, staff members, there’s a lot of people on campus here at any given time in stressful situations, whether it be a surgery or patients on deliberations. We have generators that will kick on instantly when the power goes off,” said Jimmy Phillips, San Joaquin Community Hospital. Kern Medical Center, Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital reported the outage did not affect those facilities. A PG&E spokesperson said the power was back on for all 24,000 customers just after 4:00 Thursday afternoon.

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Major power outage in Bakersfield leaves thousands in the dark

A major power outage in Bakersfield temporarily left tens of thousands of customers without electricity Thursday.

A PG&E spokesperson said more than 24,000 customers in downtown, central and east Bakersfield lost power about 3:30 Thursday afternoon, including San Joaquin Community Hospital.

PG&E workers were running a routine maintenance test at one of their local facilities when they experienced equipment failure. The failure caused 47 separate outages.

The outage made for a rough start to the early evening commute. The traffic lights were out at 23rd and L Streets and traffic was backed up through the downtown area.

The generator kicked on at San Joaquin Hospital. The power was quickly restored and the outage didn’t affect any services.

“Obviously with patients in the hospital, staff members, there’s a lot of people on campus here at any given time in stressful situations, whether it be a surgery or patients on deliberations. We have generators that will kick on instantly when the power goes off,” said Jimmy Phillips, San Joaquin Community Hospital.

Kern Medical Center, Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital reported the outage did not affect those facilities.

A PG&E spokesperson said the power was back on for all 24,000 customers just after 4:00 Thursday afternoon.

 

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Power Outage – State of Rhode Island, [R.I.-wide] : National Grid officials say about 20,000 homes and businesses remain without power in parts of Rhode Island that saw the heaviest damage from the blizzard

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February 11, 2013

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:30 (05:30 AM) UTC.

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National Grid says more than 170,000 customers have lost power in Rhode Island, and they’re advising residents to be prepared for power outages that could last for days because of the blizzard hitting the region. The utility reports most of the outages Friday night were in Washington County. Conditions aren’t expected to improve until after early Saturday, and the utility has brought in hundreds of extra crews to respond to downed lines and restore power. The utility is reminding people to stay clear of downed trees and power lines.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:30 (05:30 AM) UTC.

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Updated: Monday, 11 February, 2013 at 11:54 UTC
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National Grid officials say about 20,000 homes and businesses remain without power in parts of Rhode Island that saw the heaviest damage from the blizzard on Friday and Saturday. The utility company had expected to repair most remaining outages by Sunday night. About 187,000 customers were without power during the height of the storm. Nearly 15,800 of the remaining outages Monday morning are in the southern part of the state. Gov. Lincoln Chafee and other state officials have asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to perform a preliminary disaster assessment in all five counties to help the state calculate damages and potentially apply for federal aid. Many schools are closed Monday. Public transit service was scheduled to resume Monday morning.

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Crews continue work to restore power in RI

Quonset 3

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The blizzard brought a winter wonderland scene to North Kingstown.


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Snow was falling around the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard.

Blizzard Hits East Coast

Images from various locations in the Northeast, which was hit by a blizzard Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

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National Grid says more than 170,000 customers have lost power in Rhode Island, and they’re advising residents to be…

 

By: ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | The Associated Press
Published: February 11, 2013

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Utility crews were working Monday to restore electricity to the parts of Rhode Island that saw some of the heaviest damage from the weekend storm, as residents tried to return to their routines – albeit a lot more slowly than usual – and snow removal efforts continued.

David Graves, a spokesman for National Grid, said the utility is confident all power will be restored by Monday night. Most of the remaining 17,700 customer outages were in the southern part of the state, with South Kingstown and Charlestown experiencing the highest number, according to National Grid’s website.

“There’s still a lot of snow out there that we have to move out of the way,” Graves said.

In some places, including Lincoln, drivers trying to navigating slick roadways during the morning commute hit utility poles, causing new outages. About 187,000 customers were without power during the height of the storm.

Bryan Lucier, a spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, said the interstates and state highways were clear, but crews were working to widen travel lanes where snow was still in the way, including on some on- and off-ramps. The message of the day for those out traveling: Take it slow and be patient.

“A little courtesy will go a long way on the roads right now,” Lucier said.

 

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Blizzard Nemo causes power outages along the East Coast While Governeors of Four States have declared State of Emergency

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February 9, 2013

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Storm Surge in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 17:03 (05:03 PM) UTC.

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In coastal communities north of Boston, the roiling sea from the Blizzard of 2013 forced some people to leave their homes. Others left their homes voluntarily – to witness the power of Mother Nature. A storm surge of at least 20 feet rolled over the seawall in Salisbury, damaging at least two homes, and triggering a mandatory evacuation of about 1,000 residents who live along the beach, police said. “We had a couple of rogue waves,” Salisbury Police Detective Steve Sforza said this morning. “One tide went right through the surf side” of a home. Police responded to a 911 call around 9 a.m. from a family on North End Avenue, which runs along Salisbury Beach toward New Hampshire.”They said the ocean was inside their house, and they were right,” said Sforza, who responded to the call. “There was sand everywhere.” Four adults and two cats were taken from the home, Sforza said. Police immediately ordered residents to evacuate. Buses were transporting people to a shelter set up at town elementary school on Route 1, Sforza said. “We can’t force people out of their houses, but we’re telling people to leave for safety reasons,” he said. Despite the damage to the two homes, no buildings collapses or injuries were reported, Sforza said. The storm surge, which came about an hour before the 10 a.m. high tide, surprised officials in this beach town o the New Hampshire border, Sforza said. “We had no idea the surf would be that high,” he said. “It wasn’t even high tide.”

As high tide approached at 10 a.m. on Saturday on Plum Island, just to the south, Newbury officials feared pounding surf could worsen beach erosion that already threatens several homes with toppling into the sea. “No mandatory evacuation has been issued, but we are very concerned with the potential for severe beach erosion during this high-tide cycle,” Town Administrator Tracy Blais said in an e-mail. Public safety officials and the building commissioner were standing by on the barrier island, but a mandatory evacuation was not ordered, she said. Farther down the coast towards Boston, in Revere, high tide this morning brought crashing waves, but no major flooding, Fire Chief Eugene Doherty said. “I think we were fortunate,” Doherty said by telephone, about 10:30 a.m., just after high tide. “The wind shifted. That helped us.”

Waves as high as 40 feet crashed over the seawall, flooding Revere Beach Boulevard. No homes or businesses were damaged, Doherty said. Small pockets of flooding were confined largely to the shoreline neighborhoods of Riverside and Point of Pines, Doherty said. “It was just localized to streets in that area,” he said. “We’re actually over the worst part.” High tide in Manchester-by-the-Sea brought Gary Swayze to Singing Beach, with camera in hand.

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1 09.02.2013 Snow Storm USA MultiStates, [States of New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut] Damage level Details

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Snow Storm in USA on Friday, 08 February, 2013 at 20:10 (08:10 PM) UTC.

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Most airlines were giving up on flying in and out of New York, Boston and other cities in the Northeast Friday as a massive storm threatened to dump snow by the foot on the region. Airlines were generally shutting down operations in the afternoon at the three big New York-area airports as well as Boston, Providence, Portland, Maine, and other Northeastern airports. They’re hoping to resume flights on Saturday. Many travelers were steering clear of that part of the country altogether. Airlines waived the usual fees to change tickets for flights in the affected areas.Airlines try to get ahead of big storms by canceling flights in advance rather than crossing their fingers that they can operate in bad weather. They want to avoid having crews and planes stuck in one area of the country. They also face fines for leaving passengers stuck on a plane for more than three hours under a rule that went into effect back in 2010. As any frequent traveler knows, during a bad storm, the fastest route from, say, New York to Minneapolis may be through Atlanta, or Salt Lake City. Airline workers are adept at finding such routes manually. The new Delta system looks for such “creative routings” automatically and sends a message to the traveler telling them about their new flight, Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson said on an employee hotline message last week. More than any other airline, JetBlue Airways Corp.’s route network is centered around the East Coast. Its meteorologist gives JetBlue executives a rolling seven-day forecast, and by Friday it was canceling flights. It scrubbed more than 400 flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

Waiting too long to cancel flights means “customers are headed for the airport, they’re in their cars, they get to the airport and if your flight’s canceled that’s when bad things start to happen from a customer standpoint,” said Rob Maruster, Jet Blue’s chief operating officer. The snow was snarling air travel in Canada, too, with 240 flights canceled on Friday at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Environment Canada senior climatologist David Phillips said Toronto hasn’t seen a snowfall exceeding 5 inches since Dec. 19, 2008. The current storm was expected to dump up to 11 inches of snow as it moves along.

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Snow Storm in USA on Friday, 08 February, 2013 at 20:10 (08:10 PM) UTC.

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Governors of four states have declared a state of emergency as forecasters say a massive blizzard is poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow on the Northeast. Snow began falling Friday morning in some areas with the heaviest amounts expected to fall at night and into Saturday. Wind gusts are expected to reach up to 75 mph. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency and banned travel on roads as of 4 p.m. as the state braced for the storm. As the storm gains strength it will bring “extremely dangerous conditions” with bands of snow dropping up to two to three inches per hour at the height of the blizzard, Patrick said. Patrick ordered non-emergency state workers to stay home Friday and urged private employers to do the same. Widespread power failures were feared, along with high tides and flooding in much of the coastal areas.Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy declared a state of emergency and is asking all residents to limit travel. Roads in the state will be subject to closure beginning at noon. “People need to take this storm seriously. If current predictions are accurate, we will need people to stay off the roads so that emergency personnel and utility crews can get to the places they need to get to, and make sure that our plows can keep critical roadways clear,” Malloy said. “Please stay home once the weather gets bad except in the case of real emergency.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo also declared a state of emergency to give the government more flexibility in dealing with the snow and ice expected in the area. Cuomo says the weather will be bad, but the state has been through much worse.

In New England, it could prove to be among the top 10 snowstorms in history, and perhaps even break Boston’s record of 27.6 inches, set in 2003 forecasters said. The last major snowfall in southern New England was well over a year ago, the Halloween storm of 2011. Gov. Lincoln Chafee declared a state of emergency in Rhode Island as some areas of the state are predicted to get 2 feet of snow. The governor urged residents to take “extreme caution” and stay off the roads. More than 3,700 flights through Saturday have been canceled with disruptions from the blizzard certain to ripple across the U.S.

New York City’s three main airports, most domestic carriers planned to cease operations between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, resuming after noon on Saturday. At Boston’s Logan and other New England airports, most airlines were to cease operations between noon and 4 p.m. and would restart Saturday. Amtrak said its Northeast trains will stop running Friday afternoon. “This one doesn’t come along every day. This is going to be a dangerous winter storm,” Alan Dunham, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. said. “Wherever you need to get to, get there by Friday afternoon and don’t plan on leaving.”

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said plows and 250,000 tons of salt were being put on standby as he urged residents to stay home Friday night. “We hope forecasts are exaggerating the amount of snow, but you can never tell,” Bloomberg said. New York City is expected to get between 10-15 inches of snow across its five boroughs. Blizzard warnings were issued for parts of New Jersey and New York’s Long Island as well as portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The warnings extended into New Hampshire and Maine.

In Whitman, a southeast Mass. town where up to 30 inches of snow is forecast, public work crews were cleaning crosswalk signs, trash barrels and anything else that might impeded plows later. “We’ve had instances where they have predicted something big and it’s petered out,” Dennis Smith, a DPW worker said. “I don’t think this is going to be one of those times.” Diane Lopes was among the shoppers who packed a supermarket Thursday in the coastal fishing city of Gloucester, Mass. She said she went to a different grocery earlier in the day but it was too crowded. Lopes said she has strep throat and normally wouldn’t leave the house but had to stock up on basic foods — “and lots of wine.”

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:30 (05:30 AM) UTC.

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National Grid says more than 170,000 customers have lost power in Rhode Island, and they’re advising residents to be prepared for power outages that could last for days because of the blizzard hitting the region. The utility reports most of the outages Friday night were in Washington County. Conditions aren’t expected to improve until after early Saturday, and the utility has brought in hundreds of extra crews to respond to downed lines and restore power. The utility is reminding people to stay clear of downed trees and power lines.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:30 (05:30 AM) UTC.

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Updated: Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 17:00 UTC
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Rhode Islanders were urged Saturday to stay off the roads to allow crews to clear up to 2 feet of snow from a powerful winter storm that left 180,000 homes and businesses without power across the state. Gov. Lincoln Chafee ordered all roads in the state closed to nonessential traffic effective Saturday morning. He said the temporary travel restrictions would allow public works crews to clear streets and aid utility workers trying to restore power. The state remains under a blizzard warning until 1 p.m. Saturday, and officials advised residents to stay home until conditions improved. Most people appeared to heed the warnings in Providence, where typically busy streets were empty Saturday morning as the wind blew snow into drifts that buried cars and parking lots.While Providence County experienced the greatest number of outages, nearly everyone in Newport and Bristol County was without power Saturday morning. National Grid said extra crews have been called in to assist but cautioned that it could be days before power is fully restored. No accidents or injuries were reported on state highways, although dozens of cars got stuck in the snow, state police Lt. William Jamieson said. T.F. Green Airport remained closed Saturday morning and all departing flights for the day were canceled. Chafee declared a state of emergency Friday as the storm picked up in intensity. Interstates were closed to nonessential traffic and two state bridges were briefly closed to commercial traffic after strong wind gusts created dangerous conditions.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 10:32 (10:32 AM) UTC.

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More than 10,000 customers were without power after a major snowstorm hit the Long Island area, according to the Long Island Power Authority. National Grid was preparing for a “significant” restoration effort with a ground force of 1,000 workers as the major winter storm hit an electric system just recovered from superstorm Sandy. Blizzard Nemo will be an all boots on the ground operation, National Grid President John Bruckner said Friday during a press conference regarding storm preparation. The company president estimates about 100,000 power outages across Long Island during the storm. However, customers shouldn’t be in the dark for long. Bruckner said power will likely be restored within 24 hours. While the impending blizzard is not expected to cause nearly the same amount of outages that Sandy did, Commack residents are skeptical that elecricity will be turned on within a day. “Somebody is building castles in the sky,” Commack Facebook fan Pat Bocchino, commented.During Sandy, some Commack residents experienced power outages for more than a week after the storm. Bruckner said the company has 700 high-voltage lineman and 250 tree-trimmers ready to act after the storm. In addition National Grid is upping the number of call-center personnel to provide better communication during and after the storm, Bruckner said. National Grid has fully restocked its supplies of power lines, transformers and wires so that workers do not have to wait for shipments to come in, like they did during Superstorm Sandy. “The resources we needed, we didn’t see until many days after Sandy. For this storm, they are on Long Island,” he said. Bruckner also said that the company is monitoring the potential storm surge on Long Island’s North Shore, and has already sandbagged its equipment in case of flooding. “We feel we’re in pretty good shape going into this storm,” Bruckner said.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:33 (05:33 AM) UTC.

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More than 300,000 customers are without electricity in Massachusetts as a massive snowstorm intensifies with gusty winds. By late Friday, NStar had reported 175,000 customers without power and National Grid had more than 140,000. Most of the outages are in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, where wet heavy snow and winds gusting over 50 mph have been reported. State officials have said about 2,000 utility crews are prepared to respond to storm outages but won’t be able to do so until conditions are safe for them.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:33 (05:33 AM) UTC.

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Updated: Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 10:39 UTC
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A massive snowstorm packing hurricane-force winds has knocked out power to 400,000 customers in Massachusetts and has shuttered a nuclear power plant. By early Saturday, NStar had reported more than 240,000 customers without power and National Grid had 165,000. Most of the outages are in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, where wet heavy snow and winds gusting over 75 mph have been reported. One of the outages was the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant in Plymouth, which shut down after losing off-site power. Authorities say there’s no threat to public safety. State officials have said about 2,000 utility crews are prepared to respond to storm outages but won’t be able to do so until conditions are safe for them.

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Power Outage in USA on Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 05:33 (05:33 AM) UTC.

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Updated: Saturday, 09 February, 2013 at 16:57 UTC
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More than 400,000 customers are without power in Massachusetts and people are being asked to continue to stay off the roads as the state digs out from up to 2 feet of snow. The biggest snow totals so far are around Worcester, which got 28 inches. Nearly 22 inches was measured Saturday morning at Logan International Airport, where some flights could resume in the afternoon. Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, says officials will assess later Saturday whether the driving ban imposed by Gov. Deval Patrick needs to stay in place. He says so far it’s been helpful and police only had to rescue about 30 stranded drivers overnight. National Guard troops are now focused on helping people in coastal areas of the state where flooding is a problem during high tide.

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Power Outage – Capital City, Washington D.C : About 2,000 passengers on Metro’s green line were stranded for hours on trains

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February 1, 2013

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Power Outage in USA on Friday, 01 February, 2013 at 03:48 (03:48 AM) UTC.

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About 2,000 passengers on Metro’s green line were stranded for hours on trains after emergency responders accidentally shut down power while handling a track fire. The incident Wednesday evening caused major problems beginning about 5 p.m. Lights and air circulation were shut off on two trains waiting between Navy Yard and Anacostia. After the power went out, Metro says as many as 150 passengers from one train evacuated themselves, walking onto the track bed. Metro says that’s dangerous because power was live on another track. Emergency personnel helped passengers evacuate through a vent shaft. Fire officials say three people were taken to hospitals after the incident. One was listed in serious condition. Some passengers say Metro provided no safety procedures during the incident. Train service was restored at 7:15 p.m.

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Power Outage – State of Georgia, [Georgia-wide]

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February 1, 2013

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Power Outage in USA on Thursday, 31 January, 2013 at 14:29 (02:29 PM) UTC.

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Thousands of customers are waking up without power Thursday as power crews scramble to restore service to as many areas as possible. At the last update, at 3:45 a.m., Georgia Power reported 9,600 customers were in the dark, which included 5,600 in metro Atlanta and 2,500 in northwest Georgia. During the peak of the outage, 20,000 Georgia Power customers were without power. In addition, the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation said their EMCs reported 16,539 outages around 10 p.m. Wednesday. That number has now been reduced to less than 5,000 in extreme north Georgia.

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Power Outage – State of Connecticut, [Connecticut-wide]

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February 1, 2013

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Power Outage in USA on Thursday, 31 January, 2013 at 12:54 (12:54 PM) UTC.

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Utility companies in Connecticut are reporting about 74,000 power outages as a storm with strong winds and heavy rain moves through to Connecticut state. The National Weather Service issued high wind warnings statewide until Thursday morning. Forecasters say gusts could hit 65 mph and minor flooding is possible. Connecticut Light & Power Co. reports about 67,700 outages. About 4,500 homes and businesses in Clinton are in the dark, about 64 percent of customers. More than half the utility company’s customers in Montville, about 4,300, are without power. The United Illuminating Co. has about 6,380 outages in the Bridgeport and New Haven areas. Metro-North Railroad reports 30 minute delays on the New Haven Line because of the weather. New Canaan branch rail service has been replaced with bus service.

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Power Outage – State of Maryland, [Montgomery County]

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January 9, 2013

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Power Outage in USA on Wednesday, 09 January, 2013 at 03:37 (03:37 AM) UTC.

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Power has been restored to more than 15,000 residents left in the dark in the Montgomery County Tuesday night. A problem at a Montgomery County sub-station tripped a transmission line causing the outage that initially left more than 17,000 customers in the dark, said David Kline, manager of external affairs for Potomac Edison. Customers in Germantown, Boyds and Clarksburg reported outages. Numerous traffic signals in the Germantown area were without power, along with homes and shopping centers for hours. Power was restored to most of those residents by around 8 p.m.

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Power Outage – State of Arkansas, [Arkansas-wide] : Power Outage / Winter Storm

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December 28, 2012

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Scott Becker shovels the sidewalks of businesses along Main Street in downtown Evansville, Ind., on Dec. 27, 2012. (Associated Press/The Evansville Courier & Press)

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Power Outage in USA on Friday, 28 December, 2012 at 14:29 (02:29 PM) UTC.

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As a the muted ends of a powerful winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people plodded through the Northeast, many in Arkansas were seeking warmth and shelter against the cold prospect of life without electricity into the new year. A Christmas Day blizzard dumped more than 15 inches of snow on the state, causing widespread damage to power lines and cutting electricity to more than 200,000 customers. With the bleak word from the state’s largest utility that the lights could be out until after the start of the new year, many residents who awoke snowbound on Wednesday were jamming the city’s hotel rooms by Thursday night. After the storm’s peak early Wednesday, homes and businesses from border-to-border had lost power. Johnson, and several other people, said they were hoping the power would be back on Wednesday after spending Christmas night in the dark. Then the president of the state’s largest utility announced that some of the outages would persist to New Year’s Day or beyond. Little Rock was among the cities hardest hit. The storm system responsible for the misery roared out of the Rockies early Tuesday with blizzard conditions in southwestern Oklahoma and tornadoes along the Gulf Coast. After sweeping across Arkansas, giving Little Rock its first white Christmas since 1926, it rolled into the Midwest and Northeast before moving on to Canada. Up to 20 inches of snow fell in the Adirondacks of New York, and 7.5 inches fell in Indianapolis, which was its greatest snowfall in four years. Concord, N.H., got 4-6 inches of snow.

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