Crime & Safety
Update: 2,200 CL&P Customers Lose Power
CL&P is citing two instances of "equipment failure."
Updated at 10:55 a.m.
The Vernon Fire Department, local police and Connecticut Light & Power spent a good portion of Wednesday morning investigating a mysterious power outage that knocked out electricity to about 2,200 customers.
The outage occurred at about 8:15.
A CL&P spokesman Jeff Tillman said crews were eventually able to trace the outage to two instances of "equipment failure" on West Street and Tunnel Road.
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Center Road School was not affected.
Police officers and firefighters were patrolling around Vernon Center just after power went out trying to determine the cause.
CL&P then began its investigation.
CL&P spokesman Jeff Tillman said the Tunnel Road situation was fixed at about 10:30 a.m. That left 290 customers still witout power in Vernon Center. The goal was to get everyone back on line by 12:30 p.m., Tillman said.
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