Submitted by porklomeinnoveg t3_zub8ay in Connecticut
They’ve been evaluating for 30hrs according to eversource site. Just trying to get an estimate
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DPOYMikalBridges t1_j1i2v9f wrote
Sadly their estimates are bogus right now. I have been without power since 5am yesterday. They gave me an eta of 4pm. At 330pm it just switched to "to be determined". They called me about an hour ago giving me another eta of 430pm today, yet for some reason I don't believe them
Toybasher t1_j1i36pb wrote
That's the neat part, you don't!
ninja-cats t1_j1i4j55 wrote
It's all lies, we were told 10:30pm last night and now it's 5pm tonight after also being told 10am this morning. When they don't meet the estimate they just make another one up
imnotthatguythough t1_j1i7783 wrote
When the lights suddenly come back on is usually a pretty good indication.
justadudenameddave t1_j1i7mbd wrote
You can’t. You either get lucky and it comes back soon or you are not lucky and you have to wait
mas90guru t1_j1i8axm wrote
Similar situation. From what I can tell they have very broad areas that they know are out due to a main line. Then feeding out from the main line could be lots of streets. If those streets also have downed lines then they might not know or have those secondary streets listed until the main line is up.
That’s what happened to us. We got a text that our power was back. It wasn’t. Our street still had trees over the power lines.
Had to report the outage again and go through the waiting all over. Their restore estimates - unless your on a main line - appear to be mostly guesses.
Karmic_Hazard t1_j1iam36 wrote
I made a comment previously that my coworkers had the news on in the background and I thought I heard that eversource would not be able to get power to some areas for potentially a few weeks. I was really hoping I heard wrong but it's starting to seem true with the complaints I've been seeing. I really hope you and your family stay safe and warm out there. Eversource is able to shut off power this year even during winter. It's just disgusting.
eastst328 t1_j1issdi wrote
Call your provider.
eastst328 t1_j1isvxy wrote
Eversource will find a way.
Ordinary_Guitar_5074 t1_j1iuj9c wrote
Ask my neighbor. He knows everything.
Jawaka99 t1_j1ix9xw wrote
Your lights will turn on.
That said, they tend to repair larger clusters first. Are you in a populated area or out in the woods?
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Soggy_Affect6063 t1_j1j8bx6 wrote
A magic 8 ball.
Malapple t1_j1jjxx2 wrote
When it's low volume outages, the predictions have a reasonable chance of being correct. When it's a high volume of outages, I can't imagine they can predict it with any real accuracy at scale.
I'm never being an Eversource customer without my own generator again. Which is f'ing ridiculous in and of itself.
Downrightregret t1_j1jkkwl wrote
Wait...
Bomber36 t1_j1jlgok wrote
When your lights go on…that’s how it’s always been.
nickjayyymes t1_j1jml27 wrote
Take 12 eversource employees hostage and threaten to kill 1 every hour until they fix the power. They should be done in about 13.
trevco613 t1_j1ju380 wrote
When the lights come back on, sorry the power is out but eversource’s estimates are a joke.
AConnecticutMan t1_j1k0l56 wrote
Well, did they come through?
aodedios t1_j1ke6rm wrote
Eversource = Grinch Hope everyone is in good health. I know we are not agreeing in every way but i would say. Have a Merry Christmas to you and your family
theABYSSbecameME t1_j1ksc0b wrote
And yet this state still builds power infrastructure above ground. Could have had this solved if the investment was made after that October storm maybe 10 yrs ago that had a lot of the state out for a week plus and then sand I believe the very next year for another 5-10 days in most spots.
Hmmm maybe some of the BILLIONS being sent overseas to help with border security in countries that have great records on corruption. Or even some of the millions to study how long it takes to whack off a horse in Turkmenistan. Or any of the other nonsense that none of these jokers that supposedly represent us have any idea wtf they even voting on… seriously fuck my political views and yours. That’s just plain wrong. 1.7 T
1,700,000,000,000!!!!!!!! What is going on???
Ok_Huckleberry6820 t1_j1luvz6 wrote
Contact your local government official. They often have contact with the company and get more accurate estimates.
Kylar26 t1_j1lzr7y wrote
Dont worry, they will just double the rates again to try and be faster next time.
Kolzig33189 t1_j1i13oe wrote
Unfortunately if it says evaluating there’s simply no way to know. It just means crews haven’t been sent yet to the site causing outage to begin working to fix it.
And it’s not like their estimates they provide for when it will be fixed are accurate in any way. Often if I lose power the time will substantially change multiple times.