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CL&P Fails To Meet Power Restoration Goal

As of 11 p.m. Sunday, 64,000 customers in Connecticut remained without power.

Editor's note: CL&P released this statement Sunday evening apologizing for its failure to restore power to 99 percent of customers by Sunday.

Earlier this evening, Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Butler announced that CL&P's company-imposed goal to have 99 percent of its customers restored by tonight at midnight will not be achieved.

During a briefing at the State Armory in Hartford, Butler said, ""We have not met our expectations and the expectations we set for you.  We have missed our goal. For that, I apologize."

As of 11 p.m., approximately 64,000 CL&P customers are without power following last weekend's unprecedented snowstorm.  The majority of those customers are in the Farmington Valley and northern Tolland County.  

"We have not given up and have about 2,500 line and tree crews at work," added Butler.  "We will have 100 percent of our customers who were affected by this storm restored by Wednesday."  Over 220 service crews are working exclusively on reattaching the service wire - the line that runs from the utility pole to a home.  If your neighbors have power and you do not, please call CL&P at 800-286-2000.  

The latest restoration projections are online at www.cl-p.com/stormcenter/estimates


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