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Power Restored to Few, But Many Still Remain Without Electricity

Dozens of customers in Middlefield regained power Monday night, but thousands still remain without electricity in Durham and Middlefield.

Connecticut Light & Power officials said Monday evening that the utility had restored power to more than 204,000 customers throughout the state, but that it still had hundreds of thousands of more customers who remained in the dark from this weekend's freak snowstorm that knocked out power for more than 831,000 CL&P customers.

By 11 p.m. Monday, the electricty was back on for 67 customers (a fluctuating number) in Middlefield, but more than 5,100 were still without power in Durham and Middlefield.

"We expect the pace of restoration to quicken as damage assessments are completed, blocked roads are cleared and additional crews arrive to help with the effort," Jeff Butler, CL&P’s president and chief operating officer, said in an email Monday evening.

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"Our projection for complete restoration remains the same: we expect it to take a week or more in some areas. We will continue bringing in more crews to improve on that projection. And we will provide more detailed restoration estimates as soon as we have sufficient information to offer specific projections – most likely tomorrow morning for many of the towns in the southwest and eastern sections of the state."

In a message on Facebook, Durham officials said that CL&P was close to repairing a transmission line in Middletown. "That should power our Main Street right away. Public works crews have been working side-by-side with CL&P crews for two straight days. We are ready for restoration work," the message said.

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Durham emergency management director Francis Willett said the town would prioritize power restoration, starting with schools, nursing homes and local government.

Schools in Durham and Middlefield are closed Tuesday.

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