NYSEG Crews Make Progress on Storm Recovery as High Winds and Heavy Snow Continue for a Second Night

NYSEG, a subsidiary of AVANGRID (NYSE:AGR), reports approximately 6,500 of its customers are without power across the state. The company has been working since early Sunday to maintain service as strong winds and wet, heavy snow have swept across the state. The restoration efforts has included 125 line crews backed by several hundred support and logistics personnel with assistance from more than 100 line crews from area contractors, neighboring utilities, the company’s sister utilities in New York and Connecticut, plus an additional 30 tree removal crews. Deep snow and slippery roads have caused multiple traffic accidents, contributing to the number of broken poles and downed power lines. The travel conditions have also added to the difficulties for NYSEG’s crews traveling and working on the roadside.

NYSEG expects to restore power to customers in most areas by late this evening with particular concern for customers who have been without power for a full day or longer. The restoration work is likely to continue into Tuesday for customers in portions of Columbia, Sullivan, and Rensselaer counties, where the heavy snow and high winds have slowed restoration efforts and customers continue to report new outages.

As of 4:00 p.m. on Monday, the storm has knocked out power to more than 52,000 homes and businesses. The number of outages reached a peak of 20,500 on Sunday afternoon.

Customers can get the latest outage counts; outage locations by county, municipality and streets/roads; and estimated restoration times (as they are available) on the company’s website,  http://www.nyseg.com/Outages/outageinformation.html.