[Update] Power Outages Reported in Simsbury as Sandy Gains Strength

[Updated] October 30 at 1:00 p.m.: Latest outage report is 4,202 here in Simsbury.

[Updated] October 30 at 8:00 a.m.: Latest outage report is 4,190 here in Simsbury.

[Updated] October 29 at 9:00 p.m.: Latest outage report is 4,168 in Simsbury.

[Updated] October 29 at 8:15 p.m.: CL&P is now reporting 3,380 outages in Simsbury. According to a few of our Facebook readers, there have been a few transformer explosions in the downtown area.

[Updated] October 29 at 7:25 p.m.

CL&P is reporting 352,981 outages in Conn.:

• Simsbury- 400
• Avon- 839
• Farmington-895
• Canton- 490
• Granby-263

Hurricane Sandy has all the potential to be a historic storm that devastates a significant portion of the northeast, and even before the storm has gotten near we are already seeing signs of its strength.

Connecticut Light and Power began reporting power outages across the state as high winds from Hurricane Sandy, a category 1 hurricane, hit early Monday afternoon. As many as 61,936 homes were without power at 3 p.m., according to the CL&P Outage Map.

At 3 p.m. the CL&P Outage Map reported 223 affected customers in Simsbury–only two percent of the 10,121 customers served by the utilities company.

There was only one customer reporting an outage in Avon at 3 p.m. and just 18 in Canton. Granby is reporting 336 outages or 1 percent of CL&P's 6,030 Granby customers.

West Hartford was reporting only 66 outages at 3 p.m.

Simsbury town officials announced on Monday that CL&P agreed to provide an embedded line crew to support public works personnel.

For up to date information on Hurricane Sandy and its impact on Simsbury check back frequently on the Simsbury Information Center.

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