Our power company is town owned, and it buys hydro power from Canada, among other sources. we get a lot of power here in Mass from as far away as Canada on a regular basis. Our town power company very reliable; we didn't lose power in this storm, though the lights blinked several times last night, during the really high winds. That was probably from lines somewhere bumping against each other briefly. Our street has underground connections, but the power is dependent on the lines feeding them.
We haven't lost power for any extended period since we moved here 25 years ago; even during the big ice storm in 2009, or the Halloween storm that dumped 18" of snow on us in 2011. There were some folks in town that were out of power for almost a week after the ice storm, but we never lost it.
Pretty much the same here in Norwood, town owned, have lost power less than 8 hours total in 28 years including hurricanes, in fact the two times I recall have been from transformers just blowing from old age.