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Less Than 1 Percent of Town Remains Without Power [update 10 a.m. Saturday]

CL&P offering homeowners free electric service repairs to customer-owned equipment

Update 10 a.m. Saturday

Saturday morning, Connecticut Light and Power is estimating that 24 of its Canton customers remain without power. 

CL&P has said its entire Simsbury District, including Canton, should be fully powered by 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, officials said

Find out what's happening in Cantonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

CL&P is offering homeowners free electric service repairs to customer-owned equipment See this link.

If someone feels their power outage may not be known to CL&P, they should call 800-286-2000 or via your hand held device on cl-p.com/StormCenter.

Find out what's happening in Cantonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Update 11:23 p.m. Friday

Connecticut Light and Power's outage estimates continued to improve Friday night with 25, or 0.51 percent of its Canton customers, in the dark at 11:23 p.m. 

Residents can also bring Sandy-related brush to the transfer station today free of charge. Proof of residency is required for those without a pass. 

Update 8:15 p.m. Friday

Connecticut Light and Power is now reporting 19 Canton customers without power. That represents 0.38 percent of its 4,939 customers in town. 

Update 2 p.m. Friday 

At 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Connecticut Light and Power estimated that 0.67 percent or 33 of its 4,939 Canton customers remained without power. 

Earlier story 

Shortly before noon Friday, Connecticut Light and Power estimated that 0.85 percent or 42 of its 4,939 Canton customers remained without power. 

First Selectman Richard Barlow said some of the streets most affected include: 

  • Silvermine Acres 
  • West Road 
  • Small portion of East Hill 
  • Mohawk 
  • Some of Cherry Brook Road 
  • Trails End Drive 

Barlow said he did not have a crew estimate or schedule for Friday but did say CL&P has said its entire Simsbury District, including Canton, should be fully powered by 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. 

The town also announced that CL&P is offering homeowners free electric service repairs to customer-owned equipment See this link.

If someone feels their power outage may not be known to CL&P, they should call 800-286-2000 or via your hand held device on cl-p.com/StormCenter.


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