Eversource, National Grid pre-staging power crews on Mass. coast - WCVB Boston
Eversource, National Grid pre-staging power crews on Mass. coast
Eversource, National Grid pre-staging power crews on Mass. coast
Updated: 10:41 PM EDT Sep 15, 2023
AND POWER LINES AS THE COTTON CANDY SKIES TONIGHT HAD SOME SAILORS TAKING DELIGHT. BUT AS THE SUN SET, THE OTHER SIDE OF MOTHER NATURE SHOWED HER FORCE AND IT’S PRETTY WINDY. YEAH, IT’S A LITTLE CRAZY. I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS WINDY, THIS EARLY HURRICANE LEE MAKING ITS FAST APPROACH TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. MANY OUT OF TOWN NECK BEACH TO TAKE IT IN. I THINK IT’S PRETTY COOL. I LIKE HOW I GET TO SEE HOW THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS THAT WE’VE EVER COME DOWN TO SEE A STORM HERE. SO IT’S KIND OF CRAZY. THERE COULD BE A STORM SURGE IN SANDWICH AS THE NOR’EASTER ESQUE HURRICANE CHURNS UP THE WATERS AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES AROUND MIDNIGHT. I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS LOSING POWER. SO THAT’S EVERSOURCE AND NATIONAL GRID’S BIGGEST CONCERN TO THEIR PRE-STAGING CREWS ON THE COAST IN CASE TREES TOPPLED POWER LINES. MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FOOD, THE WATER, THE GENERATORS THERE TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, THE NORMAL STUFF. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. AND IT’S NICE OUT IF WE LOSE OUR ELECTRIC KITTY, WE WON’T FREEZE. IT’LL BE FINE. YOU KNOW, STILL STILL COOK OUT WHETHER THE LOCALS HERE NOT WORRIED, BUT PREPARED, STOCKED UP ON FOOD AND TREE HOUSE CRAFT BEERS JUST IN CASE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO YOU JUST PREPARE FOR WHATEVER IS HERE. WE’RE ALL TIED DOWN. WE’RE ALL SET TO GO AND IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND A LIVE LOOK BACK HERE AT TOWN NECK BEACH HERE IN SANDWICH. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WAVES ARE SLOWLY MOVING IN. THEY’VE BEEN CRASHING ON THE ROCKS RIGHT THERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. HIGH TIDE IS RIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT HERE. THERE IS SOME CONCERN FOR STORM SURGE HERE. BUT AGAIN, THE PRIMARY CONCERN HERE IN THIS ARE
Eversource, National Grid pre-staging power crews on Mass. coast
Updated: 10:41 PM EDT Sep 15, 2023
As Hurricane Lee was making its fast approach, brushing the Massachusetts and Northeast coast, many were stopping by Town Neck Beach in Sandwich to take it in.Eversource said it was ready to respond to any power outages caused by the storm’s high winds that are expected to impact Massachusetts late Friday through Saturday. The company was positioning line and tree crews across Massachusetts as well as bringing in additional lineworkers to assist with the restoration and get power back on for customers as quickly and safely as possible. Any Eversource customer who needs to report a power outage should visit this website or call 1-800-592-2000 in Eastern Massachusetts National Grid customers can report power outages on their website or by calling 1-800-465-1212.
SANDWICH, Mass. —
As Hurricane Lee was making its fast approach, brushing the Massachusetts and Northeast coast, many were stopping by Town Neck Beach in Sandwich to take it in.
Eversource said it was ready to respond to any power outages caused by the storm’s high winds that are expected to impact Massachusetts late Friday through Saturday.
The company was positioning line and tree crews across Massachusetts as well as bringing in additional lineworkers to assist with the restoration and get power back on for customers as quickly and safely as possible.
Any Eversource customer who needs to report a power outage should visit this website or call 1-800-592-2000 in Eastern Massachusetts
National Grid customers can report power outages on their website or by calling 1-800-465-1212.
Related Knowledge Center: Offshore wind energy
Over the next decade, U.S. offshore wind power is expected to grow from a single 30-megawatt wind farm off Rhode Island to more than 2,000 MW of capacity along the Atlantic Seaboard. There are contracts for wind power off the coasts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated the United States has over 4,000 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind potential, enough to power the country four times over.
The growth in part being spurred by state solicitations, including in New York, where then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) set a commitment of 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, and in Connecticut, where in June 2021, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation authorizing the construction of 2,000 MW of offshore wind by 2030.
The offshore development is also being driven by an investment tax credit set to end in December 2019 and is equal to 12 percent of expenditures. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have introduced a bill to extend the tax credit for up to eight years.
The Interior Department has held eight competitive lease sales that resulted in 15 offshore wind leases over 1.7 million acres that has the potential for 21 GW of capacity. In February 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed a bidding process that realized $4.37 billion for 488,000 acres across six lease areas in federal waters off New York and New Jersey.
Projects have also been proposed off the Southeast coast, off California and Hawaii, and for the Great Lakes.