CL&P has now restored power to most southeastern Connecticut residents

February 09, 2013 7:15 am • Last Updated: February 11, 2013 12:42 pm

By Sasha Goldstein, Claire Bessette and Anna Isaacs

Alexander Davis, front left, of New London, a full-time salesman at Cardinal Honda in Groton, pushes an Accord out of the snow as he works with fellow employees from all departments to remove snow from 300 vehicles, Sunday, Feb.10, 2013. The facility was closed Saturday for the first time ever due to the weather.

Connecticut Light & Power officials say they are expecting power to be restored to most customers in the region by midnight, but many have already got it back.

But some will still be without power for longer, because of the complexity of the work, such as access on the roads. Tree crews also are out cutting back branches on wires.

CL&P outages in southeastern Connecticut as of 9:30 p.m. Sunday night:

East Lyme, 83 - .9 percent

Groton, 3 - .04 percent

Lyme, 17 - 1 percent

Montville, 8- .1 percent

New London, 14 - .1 percent

North Stonington, 76 - 2 percent

Old Lyme, 1,373 - 25 percent

Preston, 5 - .2 percent

Salem, 3 - .1 percent

Stonington, 216 - 2 percent

Waterford, 36 - .4 percent

Norwich Public Utilities

Power was restored to all Norwich Public Utilities customers throughout the city as of 3 p.m. Saturday, NPU officials said. But three customers, including Three Rivers Community College, remained in the dark because power lines from the road to the homes or facilities were down.

At the peak of the outage, 750 NPU customers — 3.4 percent of NPU's 22,000 customers — were without power, but most were restored within 90 minutes, NPU spokesman Michael Hughes said.

"NPU would like to thank the Norwich Department of Public Works and congratulate them on the excellent job they did during a difficult time," Hughes said. "The streets are safer because of their efforts. NDPW is a great partner to NPU and we are grateful for them."

Groton Utilities

Mayor Marian Galbraith said just five customers in the Gungywamp area remained without power from Groton Utilities Saturday evening following the blizzard. Outages during the blizzard peaked at 3,500, or 28 percent of the utility company's 12,600 customers.

Groton Utilities began restoring power late Friday afternoon — as soon as they began getting calls about outages.

As of 6 p.m. Saturday, Galbraith said all major electrical feeders were up and running, and representatives had been working on repairing individual service lines.

The utility was still fielding calls for downed cable and telephone lines, which Galbraith said bore the brunt of the heavy snow. Workers were following up on each to make sure none of the wires were live, she said.

Customers still without power who have not yet reported their outages should call (860) 446-4000.

Tyler Bailey shovels out the driveway of his home on Montauk Avenue in New London Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, as snow continues to fall after the heavy winds and deep snow that fell over night.

David Spon of New London, owner of the Roberts Building, uses his iPad to take photos of Bank Street New London Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, to send to friends that own businesses on Bank Street. Snow continues to fall after the heavy winds and deep snow that fell overnight.

A pedestrian walks up State Street in New London Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, as snow continues to fall after the heavy winds and deep snow that fell overnight.

Residents Saturday start the slow process of digging out on Crystal Avenue in New London after a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on the region.