Lights out again for nearly 5,000 NYSEG customers in Chenango
CHENANGO COUNTY – Upwards of nearly 5,000 individual NYSEG electric utility customers were again without power late Sunday night into Monday morning as NYSEG linemen scrambled to restore electricity en masse to county residents for the second time in less than a week.
Last week, severe thunderstorms knocked out power to more than 36,000 customers on Saturday. While an effort to restore service put many customers back online, approximately 11,500 customers – primarily in rural communities within Chenango and Madison county – were in the dark until Wednesday.
Last week's power outage that occurred during a period of high temperatures and humidity prompted NYSEG to distribute water and dry ice to customers in some of the hardest-hit communities including Norwich.
NYSEG crews worked through the night, and additional contract crews have also joined the restoration effort.
While Sunday saw substantial rainfall adding up to more than an inch of accumulation throughout parts of the county, the cause of yesterday's power outage is still unclear. The Evening Sun received multiple reports of wires down along County Highway 32 in the Town of Norwich, but calls to NYSEG media contacts for verification went unanswered as of Monday morning.
As of press time most NYSEG customers in Chenango County had service restored although outages for some customers may extend into Sunday night, according to the company's website.
The NYSEG website warns the public that no power line is ever safe to touch, and to stay clear of any lines that may be on the ground or tangled in fallen trees.
Last week, severe thunderstorms knocked out power to more than 36,000 customers on Saturday. While an effort to restore service put many customers back online, approximately 11,500 customers – primarily in rural communities within Chenango and Madison county – were in the dark until Wednesday.
Last week's power outage that occurred during a period of high temperatures and humidity prompted NYSEG to distribute water and dry ice to customers in some of the hardest-hit communities including Norwich.
NYSEG crews worked through the night, and additional contract crews have also joined the restoration effort.
While Sunday saw substantial rainfall adding up to more than an inch of accumulation throughout parts of the county, the cause of yesterday's power outage is still unclear. The Evening Sun received multiple reports of wires down along County Highway 32 in the Town of Norwich, but calls to NYSEG media contacts for verification went unanswered as of Monday morning.
As of press time most NYSEG customers in Chenango County had service restored although outages for some customers may extend into Sunday night, according to the company's website.
The NYSEG website warns the public that no power line is ever safe to touch, and to stay clear of any lines that may be on the ground or tangled in fallen trees.
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