About 600 Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC) members are without power as of 6:30 am on Saturday as power thunderstorms once again barreled through VEC service territory causing severe damage on Friday evening. High winds and heavy rainfall caused many trees to uproot and fall on power lines resulting in extensive damage to the VEC system.
VEC line workers, including contract line crews, worked throughout the night and restored power to more than 3,000 members. Hundreds of trees have fallen on power lines and in roadways making accessibility difficult in some areas.
In Guildhall and Maidstone, 188 VEC members are presently without power. Ten broken utility poles will be replaced today. Due to the amount of damage, full power restoration in this area may not be complete until Sunday.
Restoration for all other outages is expected to take place throughout the day on Saturday. Presently, VEC has outages in the following towns: Albany, Barton, Brighton, Cambridge, Charleston, Eden, Fletcher, Glover, Guildhall, Maidstone, Morristown, Sheffield, Stowe, Underhill, Westford, and Wheelock.
VEC line crews continue power restoration effort to 3,000 customers
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