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BOSTON — Some power companies in the East are going on the defensive against criticism over the tens of thousands of lingering power outages nearly a week after Hurricane Irene swept up the coast.
NStar, a major utility in Massachusetts, took out a full-page ad in Friday’s edition of The Boston Globe with the headline “Goodnight, Irene.”
“Being ready for Mother Nature is one thing,” the ad read. “Responding to her is another. We know trees will come down. We didn’t know which ones.”
As of Friday afternoon, NStar said fewer than 3,000 customers in Massachusetts lacked power. At one point, the state had more than 500,000 customers without power. They were among more than 9 million people plunged into darkness.
