Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Extra Crews are Assembled and Ready to Respond to Any Outages;
Community Liaisons Already Working with Municipal Emergency Response Managers
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
According to a Wednesday afternoon release from National Grid, the company is ready to respond to any power outages that may occur as a result of the high winds, heavy rain, and even some heavy wet snow from a nor’easter that will affect Massachusetts and Rhode Island today and overnight tonight. More than 500 National Grid and supplemental line and tree crews are available and ready to respond quickly to any storm-related outages, along with more than 200 “wires-down” personnel. The company’s emergency response system has been activated and is closely watching the storm track so that crews can be deployed quickly to any areas that may be hard-hit by the impending nor’easter. “We understand that our customers just endured Hurricane …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Company preparing for forecasted strong winds tonight.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
As customers across New England hunker down for what is forecasted to be an extremely windy day, National Grid crews and support personnel are prepping in the event strong winds cause damage to the region’s electrical network. High wind watches and warnings have been issued for later today and overnight across the region, with predictions of strong and possibly damaging winds in many areas combined with potentially heavy rain. As a result, National Grid crews and support staff have been put on alert and are prepared to respond in the event of service interruptions. “Our first priority is always the safety of the public, our customers, and our employees,” said Kathy Lyford, National Grid vice president of electric operations in New …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A year later, National Grid will utilize these lessons going into the 2012 hurricane season.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Tropical Storm Irene, which battered Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts throughout the day on August 28, 2011, was the most severe storm to hit Rhode Island in 20 years. From the destruction that left more than 344,000 National Grid customers in the state without power and ravaged much of the company’s electric distribution and transmission infrastructure on that day, has come innovation in the way the company prepares for severe weather, allocates its resources to restore power more quickly, and communicates with its customers and public safety officials. “Considering the amount of damage caused by the storm, the number of customers who were without electricity and the duration of some of those outages, we needed to look at our…
Thursday, July 5, 2012
A scam indicating that the federal government will pay for utility bills in exchange for personal information has come to New England and National Grid is urging customers to remain vigilant.
National Grid is asking customers to beware alert for a scam stating utility bills will be paid by the federal government or President Obama after sending a social security number and bank routing information. The scam has impacted utility customers in Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina and other parts of the country along with New England,and should not be confused with legitimate low-income utility assistance programs in the Commonwealth. According to accounts from utility companies nationwide, the scammers may engage solicitation through phone calls, door-to-door contacts, and online methods. National Grid customers in New England can call 1-800-322-3223 if they believe they are victims of the scam and the company is reminding …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Almost 14,000 customers were without power while two substations were down in Rhode Island.
Update, Monday 1:45 p.m. – According to the National Grid, the two substations that were knocked out this morning are now back up and running. With the substations back online, power has been restored to thousands of customers throughout the state. At the height of the power outage, nearly 14,000 households were without power. As of 1 p.m., just roughly 4,000 Rhode Island customers are still without power. Cranston leads the pack with 2,702 customers without power with Lincoln in second place with 1,067. Original post: Monday's thunderstorms have left 14,000 customers across the state without power and has knocked out two substations, according to the Providence Journal. National Grid is still trying to determine the severity of the …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
A Massachusetts legislator wants customers to get paid when they don't have power.
A Massachusetts legislator is urging passage of a new law that would force utility companies to rebate customers when there are extended outages. State Rep. Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk, MA) has asked the Massachusetts House Rules Committee to take action on a power outage rebate bill. According to a release from Winslow's office reported on Wrentham Patch, the bill would require rebates to customers who go without power for more than eight hours. The rebate would be for two days of their average bill for each day the customer is without power. The move is prompted by the Halloween weekend storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers throughout Massachusetts, just two months after Tropical Storm Irene knocked out power …
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Now that power is restored, let us know how well you think National Grid did after the storm?
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Nearly 344,000 Rhode Islanders were without power after Tropical Storm Irene slammed into southern New England last Sunday. How would you grade National Grid's job performance after Irene? Are you impressed by the work they've done or incensed? Do they deserve an A? B? C? D? F? Sound off in the comments below.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Grid website lists today as earliest time for some restorations, but others could be in the dark until Monday.
National Grid has begun posting estimated times for the restoration (ETR) of electrical service for customers throughout the state, including Coventry. But not all news is good news, as some wait times in our area extend until early next week according to their website. In Coventry 46.9 percent of National Grid Customers are still without power, but late last night National Grid announced they had restored over 700,000 customers. Restoration in Coventry began Tuesday and will be mostly completed by Sunday, with the remaining customers restored by midnight Monday according to National Grid. For a complete list of outages and ETRs, click here. Rural communities were hit especially hard, with Exeter, Foster, Glocester, all recording over 80 …
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3:05 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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