03/02/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2021 15:40
National Grid Restores Power to 98 Percent of Upstate New York Customers Impacted by Damaging Wind Storm
National Grid Restores Power to 98 Percent of Upstate New York Customers Impacted by Damaging Wind Storm
Mar 02, 2021 - 4:40 PM
Contact: Patrick Stella 518-433-3838
National Grid s field force has restored power to 98 percent of the nearly 71,000 upstate New York customers impacted by the severe wind storm that caused significant and widespread damage across the region overnight. More than 2,700 tree, line and service personnel have been working through challenging weather conditions to remove uprooted trees, tree limbs, downed wires and other hazards so that power could be restored. Hardest hit areas include Albany, Fulton, Oneida, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Warren counties