RG&E and NYSEG have been ordered by state regulators to invest nearly $4 million into improving their response to a major power outage. This comes after the State’s Department of Public Service found fault with both companies’ response to the March, 2017 wind storm. That storm took out power to some 170,000 people. The state […]
A spokesman for Rochester Gas and Electric and National Grid’s parent company says it will be a multi-day process to get all the power back on after Wednesday’s wind storm. The storm that toppled three tractor-trailer rigs in Monroe County still has utility crews working to get power back on for thousands of Rochester-area residents. […]
People in the Village of Holley were told to “shelter in place” and keep their windows closed this morning after a construction crew broke a natural gas line. An alert from the Orleans County village said the two-inch gas main was leaking heavily. They advised people not to turn any electrical appliances of phones on […]