State utilities Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating expect to have electricity fully restored to all Connecticut residents on Tuesday, more than a week after Tropical Storm Irene blew through the state.
As of Tuesday morning, Berlin-based CL&P had 2,799 customers without power spread throughout various cities and town throughout Connecticut, although mostly in the southeast corner of the state. CL&P originally estimated full power restoration would take until Wednesday.
New Haven-based United Illuminating had 157 customers without power, roughly 0.05 percent of its total service area covering New Haven County.
When Tropical Storm Irene blew through Connecticut on Aug. 28, the storm knocked out power to 995,000 CL&P and United Illuminating customers.
Ratepayers of the state’s handful of municipal electric utilities, such as in Norwich, already had their power restored last week.
