Connecticut Light & Power announced this morning that those without power in Monroe is down to 42 percent. Nine line crews and nine tree crews are working in town today and 99 percent of Monroe is now expected to have their power back by midnight on Friday — two days earlier than the previous estimate.
Marion Heights and High Meadows on Monroe Turnpike now have power.
That news and the following information came out of the Emergency Management meeting at the Monroe Police Department this morning.
The Monroe Senior Center will be used as an emergency shelter around the clock through Saturday, at which point the need for it will be reevaluated.
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library is being used as a warming center today through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
The Garder Road Landfill will be open for green storm debris (not garbage) for its regular hours on Saturday. The hours will then be evaluated for next week.
Officials are still hoping to open all schools by Monday.
Due to field conditions, the Masuk High School Panthers football game scheduled for Saturday has been moved to Pomperaug High School in Southbury where the teams will face off at 7 p.m.
This week is normally Spirit Week leading up to the Homecoming game. Spirit Week has been moved up to the week of Thanksgiving and the holiday game between Masuk and Newtown will be Homecoming.
SATs are still scheduled at Masuk this Saturday.
Trunk or Treat
Halloween will be celebrated as Trunk or Treat at Wolfe Park this Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Parents can bring candy for children there. Department of Public Works crews and CL&P are still seeing downed wires and trees throughout town, so this event is meant to provide a safe environment for children. More details may be coming out of the First Selectman's Office later today.
Burglars have taken advantage of non-functioning alarm systems and of people spending time away from home during the power outages, according to police, who said four burglaries have been reported on the east side of town since Saturday. Police urge residents to lock their doors.
Showers are available at the Lakewood Trumbull YMCA today through Friday from 5:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. and at Masuk High School from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Non-drinkable water is available at Stevenson Fire Station 2 on Monroe Turnpike and at the Monroe Police Department, 7 Fan Hill Road. Drinking water may be bought at local stores.
To report power outages, call CL&P at 800-286-2000.
If you see wires across the road or sparking wires, call the Monroe Police Department at 203-261-3622.
Do not touch any wires, because they may be live.
Is CL&P regulated or unregulated? If regulated, then all those morons who do the regulating need to be fired, fined, jailed or whatever for allowing CL&P do get away with such high rates & lousy service.
The Charter tech who came out to do the install came right out and said that Charter was so cheap that they refused to upgrade their infrastructure here in Monroe (sound familiar, CL&P??) and as a result, their picture quality was pretty crummy. He even said that if he lived in an area served by Charter, he wouldn't use them. I'd like to think (hope?) that might have changed in the 12 years since, but I know that I've never considered using them and we've been more or less happy with our Uverse since making the switch last year. Ironically, several years ago when we were having problems with our old DSL line, an AT&T tech also told me that their infrastructure here in Monroe is pretty old/lousy. I know they did some upgrades in order to get Uverse into the area, but there seems to be a general theme here...
What are the prospects for this? Is it feasible? Legal? My circuit is out because a quasi-major road got hammered. I can only surmise if the wires on this 1/2 mile road were buried that 200 homes would never have lost power.
Imagine if a violent threat were made against Butler to meet his self imposed deadline...he would violate the company bankroll to make power ends meet. But in the today's world, he still gets paid his millions in salary. So instead of doing what's needed to restore power, he balances financials with restoration efforts. The governor, AG, local politicians...all matter not.
Con: Deregulation of transmission and the Pro I listed above ignore the argument of barriers to entry and the definition of the word free, in free market capitalism. Let's start with barriers to entry. There would have to be an economically feasible way for another entity to compete with the existing supplier. I'm assuming the wing-to-wing transmission infrastructure is owned or under the contractual control of CL&P. As such, a competitor would have to figure out a way to deliver power via new infrastructure or using CL&P's assets. I wouldn't think new infrastructure could be cost feasible (barrier to entry) and why would CL&P allow a competitor to use it's assets? Unless of course government bought the assets via a market purchase; negotiated or via eminent domain. I don't know if there is any precedent for eminent domain in this arena or if it's realistic. As for the definition of the word free, we all know that there really isn't true, free competition and based on the rampant greed and manipulative games played by the financial services industry resulting in the 2008 crash, there probably shouldn't be. Unfortunately greed ruins the free in free markets. However, your suggestion is a good one and maybe there is a way to motivate a change in CL&P with a viable, competitive threat. Merely one opinion...