Crime & Safety
NSTAR 'Extremely Supportive' Of Sharon Regarding Snowstorm
Puritz says the utility's resources were 'over-taxed.'
Sharon officials' NSTAR contacts have been "extremely supportive" regarding the , Town Administrator Benjamin Puritz told selectmen tonight.
NSTAR employees were "asking the town for its priorities," which included the and the , among other buildings, Puritz said.
"They were as accommodating as they were able to be under the circumstances," he said.
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Puritz said NSTAR told him that 776 Sharon residences, or about 12 percent of the town, were still dark as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.
He expected that fewer homes remained without electricity later that night, when the selectmen's public meeting was wrapping up.
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On its website, NSTAR reported that 493, or 7.4 percent, of its 6,652 Sharon customers remained without electricity as of 8 p.m. Tuesday. The utility estimated those outages ending Wednesday evening.
"Their (NSTAR's) resources, frankly, were over-taxed," Puritz said.
Puritz praised Sharon's public works, civil defense, fire and police departments for their work on the storm.
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