If that was on WFSB I think I saw that interview. I just looked at the CL&P outage map, down to approx 175K ad UI 150K and the bulk of the outages now seem to be along the shoreline.
Let’s think here:
Monday: Sandy hits, no restoration work, only de-energize/clear down lines at best
Tues: AM still windy, again no major restoration work can be done, still lines coming down. Maybe begin assessing damage ans some minor repair work.
Wed/Thurs: Finally good weather to asses and send crews out to repair
In realty, crews had had two full days to begin major restoration work and got the numbers down from the high 400/low 500K down to 178K in two days.
As far as I can tell, CL&P’s time for restoration work is not that for off from other utilities in MA and NY with comparable damage. With the exception of the hardest hit areas they all seem to say around Monday or Tuesday.
But no, many CT residents seem to demand their power be back on within hours, not days after the storm hit and believe CL&P is taking way to long or not providing estimates. And we know what happens if they miss a estimate by even 6-8 hours from Irene/Alfred, they are called liars. My understanding is that even places like FL, TX and other places that are know for hurricanes it takes crews multiple days to restore power.
Yes, that was on WFSB. I noticed the utilities didn’t give timetables. They learned that lesson from our Gov after those storms last year. He’s already beating the “we’ll hold them accountable” drum.
Locally I think the tree trimming from Spring to Fall along state roads helped a lot. We need to continue doing that.