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CONCORD, NH — Utility companies are working to restore power after a spring storm dumped between 6 and 19 inches of snow in Merrimack County, with smaller amounts in central and southern New Hampshire, and close to 30 inches in some parts of the Lakes Region and North Country.
As of 6 p.m. on March 24, about 42,000 Eversource, Unitil, and New Hampshire Electric Co-Op customers are without power. According to the company’s outage map, no Liberty Utility customers are out.
Eversource, New Hampshire’s largest utility, reported about 36,000 without power including more than 3,000 customers in Hopkinton and Weare, 2,200 in New Boston, and more than 1,000 customers in Dunbarton, Henniker, Rochester, Barrington, Barnstead, Nothwood, Rindge, and Hillsboro. Smaller outage were reported in Amherst, Bedford, Manchester, Merrimack, and Nashua. Fire dispatch said around 4 p.m. on Sunday that a transformer exploded on South Stark Highway in Weare.
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Eversource said it had restored power to more than 62,000 customers. About 32,000 were out for around 5 minutes, the company said. The company expects to have power restored by 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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“This early spring ice storm hammered our state with substantial radial icing from our borders with Vermont to Maine accompanied by nearly two feet of heavy, wet snow in northern and western areas, bringing down trees and limbs that blocked numerous roads and caused significant damage to the electric system,” Eversource New Hampshire President of Electric Operations Doug Foley said. “Travel conditions were particularly difficult for our crews yesterday evening dealing with icy, snow-packed roads and limited visibility. The icing was significantly greater than forecasted and was the primary cause of the tree damage that we saw. We have hundreds of crews working with communities across New Hampshire to address public safety priorities and make repairs to the electric system as quickly and safely as possible, and we will continue working around-the-clock until every customer who lost power is restored.”
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The Co-Op reported around 1,500 customers out with most of them in the Lakes Region.
Unitil reported about 5,000 customers out including more than 1,200 customers in both Bow and Concord. Smaller outages were reported in Boscawen, Canterbury, Chichester, Dunbarton, Epsom, Hopkinton, Loudon, Salisbury, and Webster. About 600 customers are without power in Seabrook.
Unitil is still assessing most of his restoration times.
A new explainer by the company noted during “a long-duration storm event,” the outage map reverts all outages to “assessing” until damage assessment can be make and it is safe to restore power.
At the height of its outages, Unitil had around 7,000 without power. The company said the capital region was hit hardest for outages due to the rain-snow line for Saturday’s storm lingering for a majority of the day. Wet, heavy snow and freezing and accumulated, pulling trees and limbs into poles and wires.
“The communities of Bow, Concord, Chichester, Canterbury and Epsom appear to have seen the most hazardous conditions in our service region for this event, and the majority of remaining outages on our system are concentrated in this area,” Unitil External Affairs Director Alec O’Meara said. “At each location, crews are finding multiple issues requiring repairs, significant amounts of wires down issues and broken poles, all of which are slowing repairs. Crews will continue to canvas the region and work until everyone is restored.”
Robert Buxton, the director of homeland security in New Hampshire, said Granite Staters should stay away from downed power lines and debris while utility crews perform restoration and officials cleanup the storm damage.
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