NStar
Backhoe takes out electricity to parts of Fenway, Back Bay, Kenmore Square
By adamg - 2/2/12 - 9:27 amFirefighters, police and NStar workers are on scene on Massachusetts Avenue by the Berklee construction site, where a backhoe took out some underground power conduits around 9 a.m., causing a power outage that extends to Northeastern and Bay State Road. The backhoe operator was apparently injured, but not critically.
Roving UHub reporter Chelsea reports:
Saw flashes then puff of smoke at mass ave and belvedere
Allston Rock City goes dark
By adamg - 11/7/11 - 7:54 pmThe city reports a power outage in the area of Brighton and Harvard avenues. NStar is on scene.
Transformer fire blacks out part of Forest Hills for second time in two weeks
By adamg - 10/25/11 - 9:37 pmSuperguppy reports power is out along Hyde Park Avenue from Ukraine Way to Walk Hill Street tonight - the same area that had a planned outage on Oct. 14 for NStar to do some maintenance work.
Flames shoot out of manhole, parts of Roxbury lose power
By adamg - 9/9/11 - 8:29 amPower is out along Warren Street from at least Montrose Street to Elm Hill Avenue, where firefighters responded to a report of a flaming manhole shortly before 9 a.m.
Without power
By adamg - 8/31/11 - 8:08 amThe state reports that as of 6:30 a.m., nearly 140,000 Massachusetts customers remain without electricity - NStar 36,000 (about 850 in Boston) and National Grid 103,643.
NStar town-by-town numbers | National Grid map.
The Globe follows an NStar crew for a day and talks to National Grid about why Gillette Stadium got power before the rest of Foxboro.
Around 7 this morning, Andrea Courtois, who lives near the Rhode Island line but works in Brighton, tweeted:
Just saw a convoy of utility trucks heading S on 95. It pretty much brought tears to my eyes.
In Scituate, Art Beecher reports:
Day 4 w/o power: Have begun harboring deep resentment for these show-offs with their fancy "lights," "refrigeration," and "hot water."
More than 5,000 Nstar customers in Boston still without power
By adamg - 8/30/11 - 10:54 amTown-by-town outage numbers and estimated full restoration times.
Several hundred thousand still without power
By adamg - 8/29/11 - 8:21 amThe Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reports that as of 7 a.m., 91,021 NStar and 339,947 National Grid electricity customers were without power.
Could be days before everybody gets their power back
By adamg - 8/28/11 - 4:27 pm
Fire Department alarm operations center. Photo by BFD.
UPDATE: City increased estimate of number of customers without power Sunday evening.
The mayor's office reports some 5,000 11,000 NStar customers in Boston are without power and that it's "possible that some outages could last days."
Meanwhile, city crews received roughly 500 reports of downed trees and tree limbs across the city (including this one in Roslindale).
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to calls across the city, but especially in West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and Allston-Brighton.
Area around Roslindale Square is powerless
By adamg - 8/23/11 - 8:15 amRoslindale Square residents and business lost power for several hours last night; some reports this morning indicate the power still isn't back on at a steady rate.
Ed Grzyb reported around 8:45 a.m. that his power continues to flicker and that "my computers have been going haywire." The state reports the Roslindale Registry branch is closed "until further notice," although it's blaming Verizon problems.
Stephanie-Marie reports:
We lost power on Bexley at 9:30 last night and it was on and off all night, no electricity when I left for work this morning.
