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Question of the Day: Rating National Grid

How do you rate National Grid's response in Easton during "Snowtober"?

 

We'll be asking Easton Patch readers a different question every weekday. Questions could range from local decisions made by officials, to state issues, to national politics and entertainment. Whatever it is, we want to know what EASTON thinks!

For the second time since late August, National Grid, the power company that serves Easton and many other nearby communities, had its hands full after an October snowstorm knocked out power for more than 600,000 Massachusetts residents.

After Hurricane Irene, many Easton officials were upset with National Grid's response. Some residents were without power for nearly a week. This time, however, most residents in Easton who lost power had power back within the first day, despite three poles that fell on Bay Road.

The process has been much slower in nearby communities like Foxborough, though. Senator Scott Brown chimed in with a letter to Massachusetts energy providers yesterday.

"I have received reports from municipal authorities and residents frustrated by the limited number of trucks and crews that have been dispatched to their area since Saturday," he said.

How do you rate National Grid's performance this time around? Answer our poll or in our comments section.

  • How do you rate National Grid's performance this time around?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Terrible. Easton was restored quickly but other towns were ignored.
        44 (74%)
    • They're getting better. Anything could be better than Irene
        5 (8%)
    • Good. They were more prepared this time around.
        3 (5%)
    • For both Irene and Snowtober, they have done all they could with bad situations.
        7 (11%)
    Total votes: 59
  • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: National Grid, National Grid Performance, Outage, Snow, Snow Storm, Snowstorm, and Snowtober

EastonMass.com

2:27 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A big red F-
They do not have enough crews working to fix the outages plain and simple. Until they hire more people, we will always have extended outages after every significant storm. Scott Brown wrote them a letter calling it an outrage, Governor Patrick who received campaign money from National Grid said they "did a good job" while thousands are still with out power.

Over the past couple of days, we have several discussions going on about this on my website: www.EastonMass.com

Come over and join the fun...

http://www.eastonmass.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=153

http://www.eastonmass.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8043

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