[UPDATE] Power Restored to New Canaan

[UPDATE] 10 p.m. CL&P has restored power to all New Canaan customers. 

[UPDATE] 8:27 p.m. The number of CL&P customers in New Canaan without power is down to 796. 

[UPDATE] 6:36 p.m. According to Mike Handler, CL&P is on site at the South Avenue substation and has predicted that power will be restored between 9:30 and 10 p.m. tonight. 

Original Story

, which still has 1,177 residences without power, 1,917 residences in New Canaan have reported outages. 

According to New Canaan Office of Emergency Management Director Mike Handler, there is a line down at the South Avenue substation and CL&P has been alerted. There is no estimate yet as to when power will be restored. 

Handler encourages residents to report outages to CL&P at 1-800-286-2000.

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