Outages
These are our recent outages, please contact us if any information appears to be incorrect.
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Date Outage Area Cause of Outage Duration #Customers
07/12/10
85, 92, 93 Reedy Meadow Road
Sqirrel
60 min
3
07/11/10
52 Painted Post Road
Failed Transformer
150 min
1
07/10/10
McLains Woods and Reedy Meadow Road
Squirrel
90 min
62
07/10/10
Lone Lane and Whitney Pond Road
Squirrel
90 min
15
07/09/10
7 Castle Drive; 454 Pepperell Road
Excavating contractor
300 min
2
07/07/10
90/96 Hoyts Wharf; 244 Burntmeadow Road
Failed Transformer
90 min
4
07/06/10
75,77,79 Skyfields Drive
Failed Transformer
90 min
3
07/06/10
533 Chicopee Row
Failed Transformer
120 min
1
07/05/10
66 Jenkins Road; 170, 176 Riverbend Drive
Failed Transformer
45 min
3
07/05/10
655 Longley Road
Transformer Overload
200 min
1
07/05/10
867 Boston Road
Squirrel
60 min
1
07/05/10
533 Chicopee Row
Unknown
90 min
1
07/04/10
306 Boston Road
Sqirrel
60 min
1
07/01/10
Birchwood Avenue; Hazel Road and Maplewood Avenue
Sqirrel
60 min
8
06/30/10
59, 60, 74 Hidden Valley Road
Failed Equipment
120 min
3
06/28/10
499 - 505 Boston Road
Burning Tree
60 min
3
06/25/10
597 - 606 Old Dunstable Road
Squirrel
34 min
5
06/22/10
Island, Radio and Shenandoah Roads
Trees
133 min
37
06/17/10
Forge Village Road (A Phase)and Orion Roads
Squirrel
75 min
64
06/14/10
Whitaker Lane
Squirrel
55 min
9
06/05/10
128 Main Street
Unknown
75 min
13
06/04/10
Mara/Nicole Lane and Whitman Road
Squirrel
59 min
31
05/30/10
Redskin Trail
Squirrel
60 min
22
05/29/10
251 Reedy Meadow Road
Squirrel
60 min
1
05/26/10
Kirk and Nashua Roads, North Street, Wyman Road
Burning Trees
150 min
174
05/19/10
Prescott Street
Trees
88 min
14
05/16/10
West Street
Squirrel
60 min
17
05/09/10
569 & 591 Old Dunstable Road
Blown Fuse
40 min
2
05/09/10
Town Line Road
Trees
60 min
6
05/09/10
Bixby Hill, Shepley, Windmill Hill Roads
Treefrog on transformer
115 min
50
05/06/10
Maple Avenue
Large tree limb broke primary
150 min
9
04/30/10
Groton Ridge Heights
Blown Fuse
55 min
61
04/27/10
Hoyts Wharf Road
Trees
60 min
24
04/22/10
Common Street
Tree branch on primary
45 min
30
04/17/10
94 West Main Street Cell Tower
Unknown
30 min
6
04/03/10
Brownloaf Road
Transformer Fault
55 min
8
04/03/10
Autumn Hills Orchard
Two Blown Fuses
125 min
2
03/23/10
216/218/220 Longley Road
Broken cutout
90 min
4
03/21/10
142/146/152 Gay Road
Failed Transformer
120 min
3
03/15/10
57/60/62 Island Road
Failed Transformer
130 min
3
03/14/10
West Groton Area
Failed Equipment
15 min
503
03/14/10
144/145/156 Raddin Road
Failed Transformer
165 min
3
02/26/10
601 Lowell Road
Weather
480 min
2
02/26/10
593, 595, 597 Lowell Road
Weather
360 min
4
02/26/10
59 & 69 Baddacook Pond Road
Weather
585 min
2
02/26/10
Hoyts Wharf Road
Weather
147 min
18
02/26/10
Longley Road - single phase
Weather
38 min
107
02/25/10
655, 657, 659 Longley Road
Failed Underground
480 min
3
02/25/10
Higley Street
Weather
190 min
12
02/25/10
32 Baddacook Pond Road
Weather
137 min
1
02/15/10
Forge Village Road
Trees
60 min
127
1/29/10
Reedy Meadow and McLains Woods Roads
Weather - Wind
120 min
62
1/18/10
Westbrook Lane
Trees
45 min
4
1/18/10
Reedy Meadow Road
Trees
120 min
62
12/31/09
Northwoods Road
Motor Vehicle Accident
240 min
18
12/29/09
Valley Road
Trees
120 min
10
12/19/09
Tavern Road
Squirrel
40 min
10
12/04/09
690 - 716 Martins Pond Road
Squirrel
35 min
5
11/07/09
Pole 220 - Boston Road
Trees
120 min
13
11/05/09
503 Boston Road
Squirrel
20 min
2
10/30/09
Anthony Drive, Mill Street and Pepperell Road
Squirrel
18 min
56
10/25/09
10 Fairway Drive and Lovers Lane
Squirrel
25 min
16
10/14/09
655, 657 & 659 Longley Road
Overload - undersized fuse
30 min
3
10/07/09
63 Long Hill Road
Weather - trees on limb
15 min
1
10/07/09
1025 Lowell Road
Weather - wind
45 min
2
10/07/09
Allison, McCarthy, & Roxanne Roads
Weather - wind
50 min
118
10/03/09
538 Lowell Road
Trees
55 min
1
09/10/09
19 Painted Post Road
Trees
65 min
1
09/10/09
114 Raddin Road
Beaver
37 min
1
08/31/09
Martins Pond and Old Dunstable Roads
Trees
55 min
54
08/31/09
17 Higley Street
Motor Vehicle Accident
210 min
1
08/30/09
Town Forest Road
Squirrel
60 min
10
08/26/09
Autumn Leaf Drive, Carmichael Way, Hayden and Labbe Roads
Trees
60 min
81
08/25/09
Old Lantern Lane to the Westford Line
Branches burning on electric lines
28 min
338
08/23/09
343 Chicopee Row; 8 Sawtelle Drive
Tree Frog
60 min
4
08/21/09
1025 Lowell Road
Tree Frog
60 min
2
08/18/09
8 Hickory Lane; 262 - 266 Riverben Drive
Overloaded transformer
60 min
4
08/17/09
Nashua Road; North Street; Wyman Road
Overload - open recloser
48 min
125
08/16/09
Sawtelle Drive
Overloaded transformer
140 min
9
08/15/09
Island, Shenandoah, Radio and Weymisset Roads
Squirrel
75 min
37
08/10/09
61 - 89 Skyfields Drive
Overload - melted fuse
65 min
8
08/08/09
57 Old Orchard Street
Unknown
60 min
1
07/31/09
Fairway Drive and Lovers Lane
Motor Vehicle Accident
215 min
29
07/28/09
Lost Lake Fire Station
Unknown - Blown Fuse
30 min
1
07/27/09
Alder Road, Juniper Point, Wenuchas Trail
Unknown
45 min
7
07/24/09
Gratuity and Pepperell Roads area
Trees - branch on line
90 min
301
07/22/09
88 & 94 Shelters Road
Squirrel
60 min
2
07/18/09
27 Gilson Road
Trees
60 min
2
07/08/09
Chestnut Hill Road, Orchard Lane
Trees
40 min
5
07/05/09
492 - 522 Martins Pond Road
Failed Transformer
60 min
3
07/04/09
216 - 220 Longley Road
Trees
75 min
4
07/04/09
Lower Martins Pond Road
Trees
53 min
66
07/02/09
Chestnut Hill Road, Orchard Lane
Trees
30 min
13
06/24/09
653, 656 & 663 Townsend Road
Accident - Contractor removing trees
60 min
3
06/12/09
790, 794 & 798 Lowell Road
Trees
60 min
3
06/05/09
29 Old Orchard Street
Squirrel
35 min
1
06/04/09
B Phase (Mill, Jenkins, Gratuity, etc.)
Squirrel
35 min
153
05/27/09
124-126 Nod Road
Trees
60 min
3
05/16/09
52-53 Pine Trail
Squirrel
60 min
2
05/10/09
45 Hill Road
Failed Equipment
90 min
2
05/07/09
249 Indian Hill Road
Lightning
30 min
1
04/29/09
331 Longley Road
Motor Vehicle Accident
340 min
1
04/29/09
331-351 Longley Road
Motor Vehicle Accident
40 min
5
04/22/09
148 Townsend Road
Failed Equipment
35 min
1
04/10/09
Elm Street
Failed Equipment
100 min
19
03/24/09
59-63 Long Hill Road
Squirrel
50 min
3
03/21/09
19 & 22 Town Forest Road
Squirrel
45 min
2
03/18/09
Hickory Lane & Riverbend Drive
Unknown
30 min
2
03/18/09
Orr Road
Squirrel
60 min
8
03/15/09
5W Circuit
Wildlife
50 min
21
03/08/09
Entire Town
Substation Reset
20 sec
4509
03/07/09
5W Circuit
Overload - Substation Fire
182 min
2148
03/03/09
Orr Road
Motor Vehicle Accident
300 min
8
02/14/09
700 Old Dunstable Road, 1 & 6 Stonecleave Lane
Wildlife
50 min
3
02/02/09
346 & 348 Chicopee Row
Weather
98 min
2
01/24/09
Maple Avenue
Weather
60 min
9
01/12/09
Off Prescott Street
Weather
90 min
6
01/01/09
Whitewood Road
Unknown
70 min
9
12/11/08
Throughout Groton
Ice Storm - 3648 affected; 1650 for > 10 hours
10 hours+
3648
11/25/08
125 Indian Hill Road
Trees
120 min
1
11/24/08
52, 53 & 57 Pine Trail
Unknown
120 min
3
11/23/08
630 - 650 Townsend Road
Squirrel
75 min
5
11/14/08
Maple Avenue
Trees
18 min
9
11/13/08
289 & 290 Forge Village & Orr Roads
Squirrel
17 min
11
11/10/08
31 Adams Avenue
Squirrel
25 min
1
11/09/08
Cow Pond Brook, Flavell, & Lowell Roads
Trees
85 min
109
11/09/08
North Street, Nashua & Wyman Roads
Blown fuse
115 min
173
11/06/08
715 & 717 Lowell Road
Truck hit transformer
80 min
2
11/06/08
208 Townsend Road
Squirrel
41 min
1
11/05/08
236 Old Ayer Road
Transformer overload
90 min
1
11/04/08
290 Forge Village Road & Orr Road
Squirrel
30 min
9
11/03/08
57, 59, 61 Long Hill Road
Squirrel
63 min
3
10/29/08
57, 59 &63 Long Hillbr> Bird
60 min
4
10/19/08
Forge Village Road & Stonebridge Way
Squirrel
55 min
5
10/15/08
270, 280 & 290 Chicopee Row
Vines on pole
30 min
4
10/12/08
Acorn Path
Squirrel
60 min
12
10/10/08
Fitchs Bridge & Pepperell Road
Squirrel
30 min
83
10/03/08
Bayberry and Sunset Roads
Trees
60 min
24
10/01/08
291 & 293 Old Dunstable Road
Dead Tree on Neutral
35 min
2
09/17/08
79-104 Wyman Road
Squirrel
20 min
4
09/15/08
Lower Martins Pond Road Area
Trees
263 min
146
09/14/08
550 Main Street
Failed Equipment
60 min
3
09/13/08
436 Main Street
Bad URD service cable
30 min
2
09/10/08
147 & 149 Lowell Road & Lowell Road Fire Tower
Squirrel
30 min
4
09/10/08
18 Blossom Lane
Trees
60 min
1
09/06/08
208 Townsend Road
Trees
90 min
1
09/06/08
39 Kemp Street
Trees
30 min
1
09/05/08
Hill Road
Squirrel
40 min
52
09/05/08
24 & 44 Farmers Row
Squirrel
28 min
3
09/05/08
102 Weymisset
Tree Frog
60 min
1
08/31/08
17 Spruce Road
Squirrel
40 min
6
08/27/08
15 Elm Street
Unknown
15 min
1
08/23/08
154 Lowell Road
Unknown
60 min
1
08/18/08
Redskin Trail
Transformer Overload
90 min
22
08/16/08
118/125/132 Whiley Road
Trees
78 min
3
08/15/08
Lone Lane & Whitney Pond Road
Lightning
105 min
15
08/10/08
Maple Avenue
Lightning
45 min
9
08/07/08
52 & 54 Off Prescott Street
Failed Equipment
105 min
2
08/04/08
Fire Tower Road - Off Lowell Road
Trees
60 min
8
07/29/08
6W Circuit
Trees
120 min
1520
07/26/08
26-40 Boston Road
Motor Vehicle Accident
45 min
4
07/24/08
Elm Street - Pole 4
Trees
60 min
8
07/24/08
212 Longley Road
Trees
60 min
1
07/24/08
112 Boston Road
Trees
30 min
2
07/20/08
Pacer Way & 401-445 Old Ayer Road
Bird
60 min
23
07/13/08
Off Prescott Street
Trees
90 min
6
07/12/08
765 & 777 Boston Road
Squirrel
30 min
4
07/07/08
Town Forest Road & Wharton Row
Trees
20 min
21
07/05/08
35 Old Lantern Lane
Failed Equipment
120 min
1
07/03/08
406 Townsend Road
Trees
75 min
1
07/03/08
134 Reedy Meadow Road
Tree on Transformer
35 min
1
07/02/08
5W Circuit - B Phase
Lightning
150 min
275
07/02/08
16, 133, 134 & 144 Maple Avenue
Storm/Wind
90 min
4
07/02/08
249 Indian Hill Road
Lightning
50 min
1
07/01/08
121, 122 & 129 Wharton Row
Failed Transformer
120 min
3
07/01/08
5W & 6W Circuit - C Phase
Storm
150 min
569
07/01/08
550 Main Street
Failed Transformer
300 min
3