Day 3 without power in Mass.: here’s where outages remain Wednesday - MassLive.com

Day 3 without power in Mass.: here’s where outages remain Wednesday - masslive.com

It’s been two days since a strong storm hit Massachusetts on Monday with record-breaking winds, knocking out power to nearly 300,000 homes and businesses at one point, and thousands of customers are still without electricity.

By 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, over 22,000 homes and businesses were still without power, according to Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s live power outage map. The biggest outages are still located on the South Shore, which has been the area most affected since the storm hit.

In Pembroke, over 1,500 homes and businesses, or about 20% of customers are still without power, while in Norwell, over 1,300 homes and businesses, or about 28% of customers, still don’t have electricity. In Duxbury, where public schools are still closed due to power outages, over 900 homes and businesses, or about 18% of customers, are still without power.

On Tuesday, Eversource said the majority of its customers would have their electricity back by that evening. According to the utility company’s live outage map, just under 7,800 of its customers are still without power as of 8 a.m. Wednesday.

National Grid also gave an update Tuesday, promising customers that everyone would have their electricity restored by 11 p.m. Thursday. According to the utility company’s live outage map, over 1,200 outages are still affecting over 14,600 customers.

Both utility companies said Tuesday that they were bringing in extra work crews from out-of-state to help restore power in the wake of the storm.