Local officials call National Grid’s response to October storm ‘inadequate’
The Tuesday night hearing lasted less than an hour and was attended by only about 20 people, about half of whom were
The DPU announced last month that it had opened a formal investigation into the utility company for its response to the storm that blasted the region
Depending on the results of the investigation, the state may levy fines against
Boxford Town Administrator
"It is important for the department to note that the aftermath of this
"To us, this indicates there is a need for substantial increase in
Clearly agitated, Benson also went on to detail delayed responses from the company in clearing the town's 23 blocked roadways, which caused significant delays as emergency responders were forced to take detours around major town arteries. Firefighters' response time to a residential fire after the storm was delayed by blocked roadways, Benson said.
He played three audio recordings for the DPU officials, each of a phone call made from a town official to
"When you're planning for a multi-day outage and then suddenly your power just comes back on, that is almost as much of a hardship as having a multi-day outage," said Lebl, who spent hundreds of dollars on the unnecessary hotel stay. "I feel as though
"The biggest issue that I want to raise is that we recognize preparations for a storm like this have different considerations, but we feel the preparations by
Bunszell said that since the October storm,
In a statement following the hearing,
Another public hearing will be held at the
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