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. […]
Yesterday’s windstorm 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. Rochester Gas and Electric reports about 13,000 people still to be reconnected this morning, and National Grid reported 45,000 customers out, most of them in Central New York and the […]