Here’s where power outages remain Wednesday in Massachusetts - MassLive.com

Here’s where power outages remain Wednesday in Massachusetts - masslive.com

Utility crews have restored power to all but about 9,000 customers since Monday’s rain storm brought strong winds and flooding throughout Massachusetts and one company expects to have most of the lights back on Wednesday night.

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, more than 9,200 customers throughout the state still had no power as of 4:26 p.m. Wednesday. Its online outage map represents customers from Eversource, National Grid and UNITIL.

Norwell had the biggest percentage of the town without power, with 15% or 695 of the 4,634 customers without power. In Duxbury, where public schools are still closed due to power outages, only about 18 homes and businesses were still without power Wednesday afternoon. All of Quincy’s customers got power back, with about 1,000 of them restored between the MEMA site’s updates at 3:42 p.m. and 4:04 p.m Wednesday.

Plymouth, Bristol and Norfolk counties were the most affected by lingering power outages in the state.

National Grid reports 6,040 customers without power; Eversource Eastern MA reports 3,222 while Eversource Western MA and UNITIL report no one without power at 4:26 p.m.

Eversource said in a press release Wednesday afternoon that its crews will continue working Wednesday evening and will start to redirect workers to help in Maine as things improve in Massachusetts.

“It was critically important for us to get power back on for our customers as quickly and as safely as possible before the Christmas weekend, and our men and women worked nonstop to make that happen,” said Eversource President of Regional Electric Operations Craig Hallstrom. “We can’t thank our customers and community partners enough for their patience while we coordinated this massive response over the last couple of days to get the power back on for them.”

Customers looking for outage information or who want to report an outage can do so online at Eversource.com, or by calling 800-592-2000 in Eastern MA. Eversource is also reminding customers who may be doing storm cleanup to keep safety top of mind by always staying clear of any downed wires and by reporting them immediately to 9-1-1, as well as being aware of weakened tree limbs that could still come down around their property.

National Grid gave an update Tuesday, promising customers that everyone will have their electricity restored by 11 p.m. Thursday.

It posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday, “More than 270,000 customers across Massachusetts have had their service restored, with approximately 8,000 remaining without power. Our crews are working toward full restoration and completing critical restoration work, such as this fuse repair on Plain Street in Norton.”

Other X posts indicated National Grid had more than 2,000 workers “on the job” Wednesday to restore service.