RG&E has essentially completed the job of restoring power lost Sunday during the windstorm. The company reports only about 10 hard-to-reach customers to be restored as of Tuesday morning. National Grid reports 98 percent service restoration Tuesday morning, out of nearly 88,000 customers who lost power in the harder-hit areas to the west of […]
We had more freezing rain overnight, but Rochester Gas and Electric reports only a few scattered power outages, mainly to the west of Monroe County. Yesterday brought some falling trees and limbs, enough to cut power to about 4,000 people. About 3,000 of those were National Grid customers in Ontario County. All are now back […]
An overheated electrical transformer appears to have been the cause of an explosion last night in Irondequoit. Supervisor Dave Seeley says the explosion took place beneath a manhole at Culver and East Ridge Roads. RG&E crews responded to restore power, which was cut off to more than 500 customers around the intersection. Everything is now […]