CAPE COD – High electricity demand on one of the hottest days of the years is likely causing scattered power outages across the Cape. As of 6 PM Friday, about 300 customers each were without power in Falmouth, Dennis and Chatham, A number of other isolated outage are also reported. Line crews are working to restore service.
As of 6:40 PM, 600 customers were out in Falmouth with 500 out in Bourne, along with 375 in Barnstable and 250 in Brewster. Bourne Police reported that a transformer fire on the power lines along Bournedale Road has resulted in a power outage to the area including Sagamore beach. Eversource is working diligently to return power to the area.
As of 9:15 PM, 750 customers each in Bourne and Falmouth are out, 300 each in Barnstable and Chatham, and 250 in Brewster with isolated outages persisting elsewhere. Line crews continue to work to restore service.
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Update Saturday 8 AM: About 350 customers are still without power in Bourne. There are isolated outages in all other towns except Provincetown.
1:30 PM update: Restoration efforts continue. About 300 customers in Yarmouth without power. A group of 69 customers in West Falmouth have been without power since 7 PM Friday according to Eversource’s outage map. Update: The utility was able to restore them by 5:45 PM.
3:30 PM update: New outage affecting nearly 300 customers in Sandwich.
6:00 PM update: 450 customers out in Falmouth, 300 in Yarmouth and 275 in Sandwich.
Via Cape Cod Incidents/CWN
7:00 PM update: As some outages get restored, others crop up. This was the dramatic scene in Brewster early Saturday evening when a transformer exploded in flames. It happened on Main Street (Route 6A) at Underpass Road. Luckily no one was injured but 262 customers lost power as a result.
8:30 PM update: 470 customers out in Falmouth, 363 in Barnstable, 300 in Yarmouth, and 260 in Brewster.
11:45 PM update 415 customers out in Falmouth, 360 in Barnstable and 266 in Brewster.
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9:30 AM Sunday update: Eversource still working on various outages. Barnstable 425, Mashpee 350, Falmouth 275, Brewster 262 (Brewster outage includes those affected by the transformer explosion above). No restoration estimate was posted on that outage.
2:00 PM update: Mashpee 163, Barnstable 155, Brewster 260 associated with last nights transformer explosion now showing restoration estimate of 8:15 PM this evening. Brewster Police report Underpass Road area traffic has been reduced to one lane with alternating traffic, and significant delays are expected. Utility pole replacements involving electric, telephone, and cable lines can take several hours to complete. If possible, please avoid the area and use an alternate route while crews continue their work. Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
10:00 PM update: The outage in Brewster has been restored as have all larger ones. Crews are working on about a dozen isolated outages.
