We never lost electricity in the 60s, 70s, 80s etc like we have since 2008. We lost our power for 9 days when we lived in Barrington in 2008. After that ice storm, Public Service trimmed back lots of trees in the area. They even took down a lot of trees going up our driveway at no charge. We still lost power for 4 days in 2010 and 2011. I’m guessing it’s because there are more people and more drain on the grid. With the increase of the cost recently, you would hope upgrades would be coming