Utility Power Outages on the Rise

Full story here, plus a video of the interview with Deirdre Cummings

Cummings, Legislative Director for MASSPIRG, pins the lack of in-depth analysis on the move to deregulate the power industry in Massachusetts more than a decade ago.

Overall, there have been eight storms in Massachusetts since 2007 that have left at least 50,000 homes and businesses in the dark, compared to just two during the previous five-year period, industry filings with the U.S. Department of Energy show.

“If we keep going on this path, we will have more weeks out of the year where we don’t have power and consumers will end up paying more,” she said