Dozens of Eversource workers from New Hampshire headed to help restore power in Maine - WMUR Manchester
New Hampshire utility crews to help restore electricity in Maine
Dozens of Eversource workers from New Hampshire headed to help restore power in Maine
It'll be a quick turnaround for a number of New Hampshire Eversource workers.
About a dozen volunteer crews are headed to central Maine to restore electricity for thousands of people still in the dark.
"Thank you from all of us here at Eversource for those sacrifices that you're going to make and your family is going to make so we can get the power on for the Maine folks," Doug Foley, president of New Hampshire Eversource operations, said.
The crews will be working over the Christmas weekend to get everyone connected again.
"At the height of the storm I believe there were well over 400,000 customers that were impacted," Foley said.
More than a million people in the Northeast lost power during the storm. As of Friday morning, 33,000 central Mainers are still waiting for it to come back on.
"Now we have an opportunity to help our neighbors in Maine and restore their power before Christmas," Foley said.
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Crews finished restoring power for Granite State customers Thursday night and now about 100 employees will continue their work in Maine.
"The guys are a little tired, but we're gonna go help the cause over there in Maine and hopefully get home everyone home for Christmas," Dan Powers, foreman for Eversource's Tilton district, said.
However, crews don't know when they'll be back, which means there's a chance they might be working on Christmas.
"We did last Christmas here and it's tough. I got three young kids at home, so you're leaving them, but they understand why we're doing it," Powers said.
"It's amazing. Our employees are really amazing. Whenever we ask them to help out, we get a ton of volunteers," Foley said.
All the people who are a part of the second wave are volunteers and they're hoping to make it back in time before Christmas Day on Monday.
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