Vermont Business Magazine VEC continues to make solid restoration progress over the last 24 hours and that continues today. In addition to our full crew we have 18 additional line workers from Illinois and other local crews assisting.
“It has been a difficult process, but we are closing in,” said Christine Hallquist, VEC’s chief executive officer. “I want to thank our members for their patience and understanding as we work hard to get this job done.”
As ofnoon, there were 2,935 members without power down from over 27,000 outages. We expect the majority of members will have power restored byFridayevening, but single members outages may last into the weekend.
Photo caption: VEC CEO Christine Hallquist spent all day yesterday checking in with VEC members in hard-hit Huntington and Starksboro. Here, Hallquist, at left, speaks with Huntington Town Administrator Barbara Elliott and Road Foreman Clinton Alger at Beaudry’s Store in Huntington.
Photo courtesy Vermont Electric Coop.
Hallquist encouraged members who are still without power to call the VEC Member Service team with any questions or concerns1-800-832-2667. The VEC outage page continues to post estimated restoration times:https://www.vermontelectric.coop/outage. She also reiterated that safety is critical and that people should not go near lines or trees that have been near lines and never run generators in confined spaces.