National Grid working to restore power in Hull after town Facebook post

HULL, Mass. — National grid is working to restore power to Hull Sunday after a Facebook post criticizing their response by the Town of Hull Emergency Management.

A Facebook post Sunday morning spurred National Grid to work on getting power restored to Hull residents.

Hull’s fire chief took to the town’s emergency management Facebook page asking the company to help the town recover from Friday’s destructive nor’easter.

In post, which has since been removed, the chief wrote National Grid ‘determined it was unsafe to continue work at night.’

The post encouraged residents to “call them every 15 seconds until our power is back on.”

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National Grid sent a statement to Boston 25 News in response to the post, saying:

“Two transmission lines feeding Hull’s electric distribution system (Hull Light and Power) were damaged severely Friday night due to Winter Storm Riley. Therefore, the town is without power.

We were unable to begin repairs immediately due to high winds and unsafe conditions near these lines, which are deep in the woods along a right-of-way.

Yesterday (Saturday) we secured a specialized transmission crew to work on these lines. However, repairs were not able to be completed last night due to challenging conditions, poor visibility, and crew fatigue. We will begin repairs as early as possible Sunday morning.”

Later Sunday morning, the chief posted to the emergency management page again thanking National Grid for their response.

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