An NSTAR truck rolls through Green and Amory, where stop lights are out, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014.

NSTAR Works to Restore Power in Green/Washington Area

It may be two hours until power is fully restored in the area near Green and Washington streets, an NSTAR worker said. A neighbor reported a manhole explosion on Tuesday morning. @02130News manhole cover explosion on lower part of Green St. By Wash.— ParksideNeighnorhood (@Parksidejp) October 7, 2014

NSTAR reports that an underground cable failed a little before 9:30 a.m. At first, about 400 customers lost power, said Rhiannon D'Angelo, media spokesperson for NSTAR. Within two hours, NSTAR returned power to about 300 of those customers, she said.

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Screen shot of NStar power outage map as of 7:30 a.m., June 2, 2014

Power Out in Parts of JP; NStar Estimates Fix by 8:30 a.m.

NStar reports the power is out in parts of JP. The outage was affecting 663 customers as of 7:30 a.m. Monday. The utility Tweeted that the disruption is being addressed and may be fixed by 8:30 a.m.

Crews have partially restored power in Jamaica Plain. ETR for remaining customers is ~8:30 AM.— NSTAR (@NSTAR_News) June 2, 2014

Maybe it's time for the Gazette to resurrect the "Power to the People!" feature, eh?

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NSTAR power outage map as of 11:08 a.m., Sunday, May 18, 2014

Power Out in Green Street Area; Expected Back on By Noon Sunday

Several residents are reporting power outages in the area of Green Street. According to Twitter user Mark said NSTAR told him power should be restored by noon. @R2J20 @universalhub @02130News @jamaicaplain NSTAR says crews are dispatched, estimate power back by 12pm.— Mark (@johnsoncmark) May 18, 2014

NSTAR maintains a real-time outage map. According to the map, Boston 500 to 1,000 customers in Boston were without power as of 11:14 a.m.

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