Wind Gusts On First Day Of Summer Knock Out Power To Thousands In New Hampshire

CONCORD, NH — Electric utilities in New Hampshire are working to restore power to thousands of Granite Staters after wind gusts as high as 45 mph downed trees and wires around the state.

Earlier in the day, close to 20,000 customers were without power as blustery wind knocked down power lines and trees all around the state. At around 2 p.m., about 14,000 outages were being reported.

Eversource, the state’s largest utility, had more than 9,000 without power. Most of the outages were between 300 and 900 customers out, in Franklin, Washington, Rochester, Milford, Weare, Goffstown, Grantham, and Hudson. Smaller outages were reported in towns around the capital city, Nashua, Windham, Bedford, Londonderry, and Amherst.

Unitil reported nearly 2,000 customers without power, including more than 1,000 customers in Seabrook and more than 400 in Webster. At one point, a third of the town of Boscawen was without power. More minor outages are being reported in Bow, Concord, Epsom, Exeter, and Hampton. At post time, Lilac Street in Penacook was closed to traffic due to trees down in the road.

The New Hampshire Electric Coop also reported about 2,000 customers out, mainly in the Upper Valley, Lakes Region, and White Mountains.

Liberty Utilities only reported three customers without power in Lebanon.

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