Letter: Power outages again plague east side of Little Compton         

Posted 3/4/19

To the editor:

(This letter was addressed to National Grid.)

In August of 2016 I sent a letter to National Grid, expressing our concerns and frustration with having frequent power outages here …

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Letter: Power outages again plague east side of Little Compton         

Posted

To the editor:

(This letter was addressed to National Grid.)

In August of 2016 I sent a letter to National Grid, expressing our concerns and frustration with having frequent power outages here on the east side of Little Compton.  Once again, the east side of Little Compton, which receives power via the feeder lines on Route 81- Crandall Road, is having almost monthly power outages.   

September had a two hour outage - we are not sure why. Then early January had one, followed by January 30 and February 25. There was also a brief outage last week for 10 minutes, but that was small by comparison.

With these outages, the same number of customers appears on the National Grid Outage Map. The past three outages affected the same exact number of 1,234 customers and the orange highlighted east side area, down to but stopping just before the bottom of Adamsville hill and not including Adamsville village.     

Because Little Compton’s west side has a different feeder line, they hardly ever lose power, but we on the east side, are once again becoming used to this monthly hardship of no power for water, lights, heat, and safety.

Why are these outages so frequent?  It seems that the reliability on the Colebrook Road feeder line seems to be less than some of the other feeder lines in Little Compton, and wonder — do you agree? You probably assess the reliability of all your circuits in Little Compton. Have you noticed the Colebrook feeder has a lower reliability than other circuits in Little Compton? 

We would hope that the frequency of these same customers being affected warrants a full evaluation and remediation of the problem causing these outages to those of us on the East side. In addition, preventing acts of God might also include ongoing removal of precarious and potentially damaging dead trees and limbs overhanging the wires, specifically those affecting the feeder lines on the east side of Little Compton.

Our sincerest thanks to the amazing crews who brave the cold, wind, snow, ice and rain and bring that precious electricity back to our homes as soon as possible! We are forever grateful to you!

We continue to look forward to having a year where the electricity remains on with no outages at all. Now wouldn’t that be amazing? We also hope you will be conducting an analysis of the reliability of the Colebrook circuit soon.

Sincerely,

Claire Johnson

Little Comnpton 

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