Central Hudson Continues Ulster County Power Restoration

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — A little more than 1,500 Central Hudson customers remain without electricity Tuesday, in the aftermath of a historic ice storm.

The power company said restoration efforts will be completed Tuesday in areas that were most heavily impacted by the snow and ice storm.

As of 11 a.m., about 1,500 in Ulster County are waiting for the lights to be turned on.

In Ulster, the city of Kingston is now down to 128 outages; Marbletown, 154; Woodstock, 116, and Olive, 169.

Hurley still has more than 400, with Rosendale at 300.

Dry ice and bottled water distribution started at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hurley Reformed Church, 15 Main St. in Hurley.

Central Hudson said it expects to have power restored to 95 percent of customers by 4 p.m. Tuesday and the remaining by 10 p.m. Tuesday.

The power company warns that, with temperatures above freezing, ice will melt and fall and tree limbs that have been weighed down will snap back, possibly causing additional outages.

Ryan Hawthorne, vice president of electric engineering and operations, said once restoration is complete, the company will shift its focus to addressing any lingering damage and reducing the potential for any additional outages.

"This has been an historic storm for Ulster County and we are extremely grateful for the tremendous efforts given by all of our municipal, county and New York State partners," he said.

Hawthorne said, since the start of the storm Thursday evening, repairs at more than 1,000 individual locations were completed. There were 93 broken poles and more than 2,400 cases of downed lines.

Ulster County announced that warming centers will continue to operate at the following locations:

Esopus
1 Town Hall Way, Ulster Park, NY 12487

Kingston
Andy Murphy Center
467 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401

2nda Iglesia La Mision Church
80 Elmendorf St, Kingston NY 12401

New Paltz
SUNY New Paltz Elting Gymnasium
1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561

Rosendale
Rosendale Rec Center
1055 Route 32, Rosendale, NY 12472

Saugerties
Frank D. Greco Memorial Senior Citizen Recreation Center
207 Market St, Saugerties, NY 12477

Woodstock
456 Rock City Rd. Woodstock, NY 12498