Attorney General Fining National Grid $16 Million for Mishandling Tropical Storm Irene
Coakley's office has filed a recommendation to impose a fine.
Attorney General Martha Coakley's office is fining National Grid with a $16 million fine because of its handling, or mishandling, of the tropical storm Irene in August and the snowstorm last October, according to the Worcester Business Journal. Northborough joins other communities in its frustration with power outages during storms, with many alleging it happens "way too often" and the response to bring it back has not been swift enough. During Hurricane Irene, more than 6,000 Northborough customers lost power along with the 500,000 throughout the state. Some waited nearly four days for it to return. Thousands, too, lost power for days during the storm that "canceled Halloween" last year. Dubbed "snowtober," the out-of-season snowstorm …
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Robin A. Moreira
10:52 am on Monday, July 30, 2012
That's what I was going to ask. Where does this 16 million go?? more ›