Psychological-Cry221 t1_j5pf62z wrote on January 24, 2023 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by GraniteGeekNH in Why does this state seem to lose power so frequently? It’s always related to downed power lines from trees? Or is this a grid issue? by JayBisky

I agree that people can get irrationally upset about Eversource cutting trees in their own property. However, they have massively improved in maintenance. In the 80’s and 90’s the outrages were so much worse in my experience

GraniteGeekNH t1_j5pu1cf wrote on January 24, 2023 at 6:57 PM

Part of the improvement is smarter switches. It used to be that if the power went out due to a tree/branch on a line you had to wait for a crew to come out and fix it. Now in many cases, switches automatically reroute power via other lines and you get back on quickly.

My power flickered off for a few seconds at least 10 times, probably more, on Monday. Annoying because it reset the internet router each time, but way better than losing power for hours at a time.