Six days after violent storms hit the eastern United States, the state of West Virginia was struggling to recover on Thursday, with nearly a third of electricity customers still without power and new storms putting more people in the dark. …
More than 20,000 homes and businesses lost electricity after storms rolled through parts of Texas. Utility officials say the largest outage area Wednesday was near Houston, in north Harris and Montgomery counties. CenterPoint Energy reports more than 15,000 customers without …
The president and chief operating officer of Connecticut Light & Power has resigned as the company continues to come under fire for its handling of power outages after last month’s snowstorm. Northeast Utilities officials say Jeffrey Butler resigned on Thursday, …
Business owners and experts say the lengthy power outages caused by the freak October snowstorm have taken a toll on many companies and the losses are only beginning to be tallied. Angela Campetti runs a small house-cleaning business in Simsbury, …
As Tropical Storm Irene churned up the eastern seaboard it left many of New England’s coastal states relatively unscathed, while inflicting some of the worst damage on landlocked Vermont, where severe flooding is now a grave concern. Vermont, the furthest …
