Major power outage impacts customers in the Norwich area - Eyewitness News 3
Major power outage impacts customers in the Norwich area
NORWICH, CT (WFSB) - What Norwich Public Utilities described as a “major outage” impacted several thousand power customers on Monday morning.
NPU said that the outage impacted customers in the downtown, Laurel Hill, Taftville, and Greeneville sections of Norwich.
“We have employees responding in the field and at our 10th Street Substation and will have more information within the next hour,” NPU posted to social media. “As this situation is likely impacting streetlight and traffic signals, please use extreme caution if you are on the roads [Monday] morning.”
NPU did not say what caused the outage.
Schools in the area were delayed, but it was unclear if the outage was the reason. See the list of school delays here.
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