How long will Mass. residents have to wait until their power is restored?

"The last couple customers, unfortunately, will be a couple days out. There could be some stragglers that go into Thursday, but we're going to work really hard to have everybody on by Wednesday night, at midnight. Both electricity companies say they worked to restore power to customers all throughout Tuesday."

"We had those high winds. We had blizzard conditions. We had snow drifts. We had winds that hit 77 to 80 miles an hour on the Cape. So when that happens, our crews simply can't go out in bucket trucks. Both companies said they anticipated the storm and coordinated response plans."

"According to National Grid, more than 94,000 of its customers lost power during the blizzard. As of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, more than 71,000 customers had had their power restored. As of early Tuesday afternoon, 220,000 Eversource customers were still without power."

A blizzard on Monday caused widespread power outages across Eastern Massachusetts, affecting over 100,000 customers of Eversource and National Grid. As of Tuesday afternoon, Eversource had 220,000 customers without power while National Grid had restored over 71,000 of its 94,000 affected customers. Both companies worked throughout Tuesday to restore power but faced significant delays due to extreme weather conditions, including winds reaching 77-80 mph that prevented crews from working on electrical lines using bucket trucks. Power companies anticipate complete restoration by Wednesday night, though some customers may experience outages extending into Thursday. Both utilities had pre-positioned crews and coordinated response plans in anticipation of the severe storm.

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