Thursday, January 31, 2013
A wind warning is in effect through the day.
Strong winds have knocked down trees and power lines in the area, putting thousands of National Grid customers in the dark as they woke up this morning. And things won't die down until later today. The powerful winds will continue through the morning, according to the National Weather Service, and some gusts could approach hurricane-force speeds. The National Weather Service's High Wind Warning has been extended to 6 p.m. as winds averaging 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 65 mph are expected through the day. More than 2,000 in the Greenville section between Johnston and Smithfield are without power this morning and more than 10,000 were in the dark throughout the state as of 10 a.m., according to the National Grid Power Outage Map. Help us …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
A Massachusetts legislator wants customers to get paid when they don't have power.
A Massachusetts legislator is urging passage of a new law that would force utility companies to rebate customers when there are extended outages. State Rep. Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk, MA) has asked the Massachusetts House Rules Committee to take action on a power outage rebate bill. According to a release from Winslow's office reported on Wrentham Patch, the bill would require rebates to customers who go without power for more than eight hours. The rebate would be for two days of their average bill for each day the customer is without power. The move is prompted by the Halloween weekend storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers throughout Massachusetts, just two months after Tropical Storm Irene knocked out power …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Johnston public schools will be closed for a third day on Sept. 2; the number of outages in town dropped below 2,000.
Johnston schools are now scheduled to open on Sept. 6, following a decision by school officials to cancel classes for Friday, Sept. 2. A closure announcement was posted by the Johnston School Department on WPRI.com during the afternoon of Sept. 1. Friday marks the third straight day of cancellations — and the originally scheduled third day of classes in the 2011-12 school year. Here's the schedule for openings and dismissals: JohnstonPatch has also posted all of the district's bus routes — see the article here. Also on Sept. 1, the number of Johnston residents still without electricity fell below 2,000 for the first time since Hurricane Irene hit the area. National Grid reported on its Outage Central website that 1,897 customers in …
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FormerEGResident
1:19 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
In general, in the case of an "act of God" that's out of the power company's control - and given the fact that the meter is not running when the power is out - one would say an emphatic "no" - that the power company need not pay customers when they're not using or being charged for electricity. That being said, part of what our utility bills pay for is to have line workers available when the … more ›