Updated August 24
The power outages that affected numerous Vineyard Haven homes on Saturday afternoon and evening turned out to be part of repair work done by Eversource.
“In order to make repairs to an equipment issue that we discovered at one of our substations, it was necessary to take a controlled outage affecting approximately 1,100 customers in the Vineyard Haven area,” Eversource spokesman Christopher McKinnon said.
The power was cut just after 7:30 pm, and the Eversource crew “made the necessary repairs” and restored power to affected customers at 8 pm, according to McKinnon. However, some houses experienced power outages before the reported 7:30 pm electricity cutoff, including the busy Stop & Shop supermarket in Vineyard Haven.
“There was an earlier outage in the area that we were able to quickly restore through switching, but in order to make repairs to the equipment, it was necessary to take the controlled outage I mentioned,” McKinnon told The Times.
Updated with more details about the power outages.
