Power restored to National Grid customers

R.I. (WPRI) – Despite numerous challenges that National Grid faced during the blizzard aftermath, power has been restored to nearly all customers in the Ocean State.

As of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, fewer than 150 of more than 187,000 customers who lost service are without power.

Crews are actively working on each of the remaining power outage areas and the rest of the customers are expected to have power by Tuesday night.

In the midst of the blizzard there were more than 1,400 reports of wires down, broken poles, and damage to the electric grid.

Crews from 26 states and Canada worked alongside National Grid crews to repair outages.

“We are grateful to all of the state and community officials who worked hand-in-hand with us to expedite the restoration. This is invaluable partnership enables us to do the best possible job for our customers,” said Tim Horan, president of National Grid, Rhode Island. “We also appreciate our customers’ patience during this very challenging and difficult time.”

If any customers are still without power, please call National Grid immediately at 1-800-465-1212 because sometimes a street or neighborhood is restored but there may be a problem with an individual home or business.