Saturday Afternoon BELCO Restoration Update
All main lines were restored by 10:30pm last night, 2,734 customers remained without power as of this morning, and BELCO said they “appreciate the patience of those customers who remain without power and continue our focus on getting full restoration complete as quickly and safely as possible.”
In an update released at 5pm on Saturday, the company said, “Engineers working from the control room have been switching mainline circuits on and off today in order to safely restore power to branch and secondary lines and bring more customers on.
“If you were restored as part of the main line circuit restoration you may have temporarily gone off again and will go back on.
“As of this morning, 2,734 customers remained without power. All main lines were restored by 10:30 last night. Throughout today the numbers have been changing as the switching is taking place during this phase of restoration. Crews are making good progress and we expect to see a good result tonight as more customers come back on line.
“Crews have been and/or are scheduled to work in the following areas today:
East End:
- Wellington Slip Road – near complete
- Cashew City, – complete
- Ballast Point, -complete
- Stokes Point- complete
Central:
- Shawwood Park – complete
- Northcote – complete
- Blocks Point – Half complete
- Boss Cove – complete
- Travelers Rest – to do
- Sunset Pass – complete
- Deep Bay Lane – complete
- Happy Valley – tonight
- Parsons Lane – complete
- Devon Spring – went on, back off investigating
- Jennings Land – mostly back
- Ram Goat Hill – in progress
- Shelly Bay – complete
West End:
- Tamarind Vale, – in progress
- Heron Bay – complete,
- ScaurHill, – tonight
- Sound View Road, – on going
- Scott’s Hill, – in progress
- Bob’s Valley – complete
“While these area have been scheduled for restoration today, additional personnel are assessing damage to smaller isolated areas and making repairs where they can. We also have crews available to address any emergency situations that arise.
“It is during this period of the restoration process that results are slower, as smaller branch lines and secondary lines require similar levels of effort to restore but bring on fewer customer than main line restoration.
“Main lines have to be restored first, as it is power from the main lines that flows through to the branch and secondary lines and on to homes and businesses.
“We do not expect that we will get everyone back on today, but do expect to have a better idea late today or tomorrow as to when total restoration may be achieved.
“When power is returned to your home or business, bring your appliances and sensitive equipment back on-line gradually so that you can be sure the service is stable. If you have partial power, turn off all the switches in your circuit breaker box and contact BELCO.
“Periodically, check one switch that feeds a 120-volt outlet, such as a light or lamp, so you will know when power has been restored. If you have flickering lights, turn your power off at the Breaker Switch which will turn power off to the entire house or facility.
“We appreciate the patience of those customers who remain without power and continue our focus on getting full restoration complete as quickly and safely as possible.”
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Great job from belco crew
Thank you so much
Keep going with the excelent work
Longford Road was not mentioned in the report ……… some houses there not restored yet.
A JOB WELL DONE BELCO IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD TO HAVE SO MANY CUSTOMERS RESTORED..I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU…
Status report is very useful. Does not help those still waiting but it does give an idea of what is happening & how much is left to be done. Much better than knowing nothing at all.