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The dark night returns: Eversource grid in Boston flickers out across city

By adamg - 8/8/22 - 10:41 pm

What South Boston looks like in the dark. Photo by Schneids.

Updated 9:10 am., Tuesday.

Wednesday's expected temperature drop can't come soon enough for Eversource's groaning Boston power grid - and the people who keep losing their AC and lights because of it. Read more.

Oak Square gets some time in the roaster pan after power goes out

By adamg - 8/6/22 - 10:28 pm

Eversource reports the power died in Oak Square around 7:45 p.m. As of 10:25 p.m. there are more than 1,800 homes and businesses without power. Residents report it came back just after 10:35.

Somerville and Brookline Village lose power

By adamg - 8/5/22 - 3:25 pm

Several thousand customers across Somerville lost their power - and air conditioning - starting around 1 p.m., in an outage that also extended to part of East Arlington and which may not be fully fixed until after 8 p.m., Eversource reports on its outage map. Read more.

East Boston blinks out

By adamg - 8/1/22 - 11:31 pm

Eversource reports more than 3,000 homes and businesses in East Boston lost power around 11 p.m. It's hoping to have the power back by 12:45 a.m.

Hundreds of South Boston homes remain without power; some people slept in their running cars

By adamg - 7/25/22 - 9:27 am

Eversource now says it could be around 11:15 a.m. before some 745 customers between L Street and Farragut Road get back the power they lost around 7:45 p.m. yesterday - although a few might not be able to turn their AC back on until 12:30. Read more.

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As power is slowly restored to Dorchester, it goes out in South Boston

By adamg - 7/24/22 - 8:25 pm

Ole Uncle Schneids captured a South Boston street around 9:30 p.m.

Update: Eversource predicting 3:45 a.m. restoration for roughly 1,500 South Boston customers.

It's the night the lights went out in Southie, around 7:45 p.m. to be exact. Read more.

On hottest day of the year, manholes blow up and power goes out across Dorchester

By adamg - 7/24/22 - 3:38 pm

Eversource outage map at 3:27. Compare to map at 2:56.

A couple of manholes blew up in Savin Hill around 2:30 p.m. and the lights - and air conditioning - went out across Dorchester, from Lower Mills up to Port Norfolk. Read more.

Manhole explodes at Cambridge and Bowdoin; two workers injured, traffic a mess

By adamg - 7/12/22 - 6:15 pm

A manhole exploded shortly before 6 p.m. at Cambridge and Bowdoin streets, sending two Eversource workers to Mass. General, one with life-threatening injuries, and creating massive traffic issues in the area. Read more.

Crash takes out power, traffic lights along Truman Parkway in Hyde Park

By adamg - 3/23/22 - 8:59 am

Gretchen Van Ness reported this morning that the traffic lights on either side of the Neponset were out this morning - including at Fairmount Avenue and Truman Parkway, where Eversource reports a "vehicle accident" took out the power.

As power in Charlestown, East Somerville comes back on, part of Jamaica Plain goes dark

By adamg - 2/27/22 - 11:06 pm

Eversource is estimating restoration of power for some 857 homes and businesses in the Hyde Square area at 12:30 a.m. It's blaming "equipment damage" for the outage. In the Jamaica Plain Facebook group, some residents reported seeing a bright flash.

Electricity goes out in Charlestown, East Somerville

By adamg - 2/27/22 - 5:39 pm

A blackout that started in Charlestown around 5:30 p.m. has now spread to East Somerville. Matt Reed at WCVB reports up to 7,000 homes and businesses are now dark. Read more.

Forest Hills blinks out

By adamg - 2/22/22 - 10:50 pm

Eversource's outage map shows several hundred customers without power in the Tower Street area. Traffic lights around Forest Hills station are out as well. Company estimates restoration time of 1:30 a.m.

Hundreds of thousands lose power

By adamg - 10/27/21 - 8:50 am

Barometric-pressure map at 5 a.m. from NWS.

Some 407,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts have lost power as of 6:30 a.m., mainly in the southeastern part of the state, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, which adds: Read more.

Leaky gas mains driving up state methane emissions, study says

By adamg - 10/26/21 - 10:23 am

WBUR provides an overview of a report that found emissions of potent greenhouse gas methane are six times higher than state figures suggest in the Boston area - and that things haven't gotten any better in recent years.

Newton transformer suffers meltdown, takes local power grid down with it

By adamg - 10/5/21 - 2:17 pm

A transformer on Homer Street had a bit of a fire late this morning, the Newton Fire Department reports, adding that is probably why the power went out in parts of the Garden City.

Jamaica Plain manhole explodes, belches thick brown smoke

By adamg - 8/26/21 - 7:22 pm

At Centre Street and Greenough Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Video.

Transformers are such drama queens

By adamg - 7/21/21 - 10:15 am

Downed transformer and pole on fire in Allston

Gamma Ray Digital had a front-row seat from across the turnpike this morning as a utility pole topped with a transformer fell across Lincoln Street near Everett Street in Allston, ending with not one but three explosions and, of course, a smoke-belching fire. Read more.