Historic Storm Response

Every storm has been, and still remains, the most important learning tool for making the restoration effort more effective.

Top 10 Outages
Event Date CL&P Customers Affected NU Total Customers Restoration Complete
Hurricane Gloria 09/27/85 477,428 534,485 10/07/85
Blackout 08/14/03 294,633 331,406 08/15/03
Hurricane Bob 08/19/91 275,000 300,000 08/23/91
Ice Storm Felix 12/17/73 N/A 278,742 12/23/73
Snowstorm Carl 11/19/86 209,658 209,658 11/22/86
Thunderstorm 07/23/91 201,651 201,651 07/26/91
Hurricane Belle 08/10/76 N/A 196,031 08/13/76
Doria 08/28/71 N/A 199,000 N/A
Snowstorm Bernice 12/07/96 N/A 185,000 12/13/96
Wind, rainstorm 11/11/95 167,487 175,000 11/12/95

CL&P continually treats each storm as a serious matter. This means always being prepared and always improving our efforts. To learn more ways you could prepare for the next big storm read storm tips.