Rolling blackouts and temporary power outages experienced across the Island last weekend were caused by an undersea cable failure, according to Eversource.
Eversource
July 22, 2021
Noah Asimow
Eversource has canceled a long-awaited battery energy storage project planned for Martha’s Vineyard, complicating a plan to achieve ambitious green energy goals on the Vineyard.
August 9, 2021
Eversource is set to begin making repairs this week on the submarine cable to Martha’s Vineyard that failed last month.
2022
October 28, 2022
Opposition to the use of herbicides around Eversource power lines continued at a meeting of the West Tisbury select board on Wednesday night, when the board determined to send a letter opposing the practice to the state.
October 12, 2022
The utility giant is positioned this fall to begin work on a project that will run two new 23-kilovolt power cables to Martha’s Vineyard, eliminating the need for diesel generators.
January 27, 2022
A brief power outage affected thousands of Eversource customers on the Vineyard Thursday morning before service was quickly restored.
2021
December 16, 2021
A 12-minute early morning power outage on the Vineyard was quickly resolved after the cause was located at a Falmouth substation, an Eversource spokesman said Thursday.
September 9, 2021
The Tisbury town administrator pressed his select board this week to take a tough stance against the ongoing practice by Eversource of spraying herbicides beneath power line rights of way.
August 9, 2021
Eversource is set to begin making repairs this week on the submarine cable to Martha’s Vineyard that failed last month.
