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Meriden power outages resolved after spiking to more than 5,000 overnight

New Haven Register · last updated

MERIDEN — Thousands of power outages in Meriden mostly have been resolved Friday morning after spiking into the thousands during the early hours overnight, according to Eversource. 

Outages in Meriden totaled 5,503 as of around 5:30 a.m., the utility’s website showed. By around 7 a.m., that number had dropped to 134.

The outage affected around 5,600 Eversource customers at 3 a.m., according to Eversource spokesperson Jamie Ratliff.

Ratliff said the outage was the result of an “equipment issue at our substation.” 

The majority of those affected had their power restored around 6 a.m., Ratliff said. 

Crews were working “as quickly and safely as possible” to restore power to the remaining customers, Ratliff added.

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