The sheer scale of damage was to blame for widespread power outages that lasted for days after the freak snowstorm in October, Met Ed officials said.
MetEd was as prepared as it could be, but widespread damage from the snowstorm in October overwhelmed the utility provider, company officials told members of Easton City Council Tuesday night. “We already had crews from other parts of First Energy and contractors in position,” external affairs manager Marc Troutman said. “We were not taken by surprise...We more than doubled our workforce.. With the leaves still on the trees, we knew this would be a tree event.” Despite having extra crews and trucks on stand-by a day before the storm hit, the sheer number of outages, combined with other factors such as blocked roads, impeded restoring power to residents, many of who were without electric service for a week after the incident. Still, the …
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Tuesday's city council public safety committee meeting will host officials from Met-Ed to address concerns that arose from the October snowstorm and subsequent widespread multi-day power outages.
Company officials from electric utility Met-Ed will be on hand Tuesday to answer council member questions and address concerns about issues that came up during widespread power outages around the city after the freak October snowstorm. On the agenda for the public safety committee meeting is a discussion about infrastructure and communication issues that arose during the storm. The subject will be the the city as a whole, not individual issues, though those too are being addressed, committee head Councilman Jeff Warren said via email over the weekend “We are wanting to talk about communication and infrastructure issues and how Met-Ed can do better in the future as it pertains to their service of our residents,” Warren said. Residents who …
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