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ALBANY, N.Y. - A National Grid eastern New York field force that has grown to more than 2,000 workers continues to make steady progress after sudden and severe storms swept across the region Wednesday bringing heavy rain and straight-line winds of up to 90 mph.

ALBANY, NY – National Grid is establishing three eastern New York locations for the distribution of dry ice for customers who are without electricity service as a result of the wind storm that swept across the region yesterday.

National Grid’s field force of line, tree, and service workers has successfully restored power to more than 96 percent of the nearly 45,000 customers impacted by the damaging wind and rain storms that moved across central New York Wednesday.

ALBANY, NY – More than 1,700 National Grid line, tree, and service workers in eastern New York continue to focus on public safety as they remove downed wires, trees, tree limbs, broken poles, and other hazards after a sudden and severe storm swept across the region yesterday.

A National Grid field force is active across eastern New York removing downed wires, trees, tree limbs, broken poles and other hazards, focusing on public safety, assessing damage and restoring power to the more than 160,000 customers impacted by the ongoing rain and wind storm.

National Grid’s field force of line, service, tree, damage assessment and public safety workers are cleaning up debris and restoring service to customers who lost power across portions of central New York after damaging storms swept through the region this afternoon.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (October 2, 2020) -- National Grid and Ørsted announced today they have begun mobilizing teams that will work throughout this fall and winter to replace limited segments of the Block Island Wind Farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths beneath the ocean floor.

WALTHAM, MA - National Grid today released its Net Zero by 2050 Plan, aimed at achieving net zero by 2050, including emissions from the sale of electricity and gas to customers.