John is out in Old Greenwich today with Former Secretary of State
Susan Bysiewicz surveying the damage from the storm and talking to
residents. This is John's second plan in a series of proposals to move
Greenwich forward. On Friday he released his suggestions on how to
improve the schools. We will be issuing more proposals over the next
week.
Here is his 4 point action plan.
1. Get a whole lot tougher with CL &P. They have one of the highest
ROE's, at 10%, of utilities, thanks to their rate structure and yet
have not invested in new equipment and have cut back on their work
force.
2. We need to get proactive in terms of starting the discussion with
C L & P , and regulators to develop a long term plan to bury the
lines. It will start with arterial roads and hotspots. Other
communities have started this, we should begin the process of looking
into this issue.
3. Communication: The website says crews are working diligently and
I'm sure they are. This is not a criticism of them. But how many crews
do we have? How many crews does CL &P have? The robocall yesterday
said power would be restored as soon as possible but made no estimate.
What areas first etc. The town's emergency call number says "no
emergency messages" at this time. It would help to know what streets
are blocked because of trees or downed power lines.
4. We need to look into the way pruning trees are handled and be more
proactive about it. We are very reactive when it comes to preparing
for storms as seen in this time and also in March 2010 and for
Hurricane Irene.
Susan Bysiewicz surveying the damage from the storm and talking to
residents. This is John's second plan in a series of proposals to move
Greenwich forward. On Friday he released his suggestions on how to
improve the schools. We will be issuing more proposals over the next
week.
Here is his 4 point action plan.
1. Get a whole lot tougher with CL &P. They have one of the highest
ROE's, at 10%, of utilities, thanks to their rate structure and yet
have not invested in new equipment and have cut back on their work
force.
2. We need to get proactive in terms of starting the discussion with
C L & P , and regulators to develop a long term plan to bury the
lines. It will start with arterial roads and hotspots. Other
communities have started this, we should begin the process of looking
into this issue.
3. Communication: The website says crews are working diligently and
I'm sure they are. This is not a criticism of them. But how many crews
do we have? How many crews does CL &P have? The robocall yesterday
said power would be restored as soon as possible but made no estimate.
What areas first etc. The town's emergency call number says "no
emergency messages" at this time. It would help to know what streets
are blocked because of trees or downed power lines.
4. We need to look into the way pruning trees are handled and be more
proactive about it. We are very reactive when it comes to preparing
for storms as seen in this time and also in March 2010 and for
Hurricane Irene.
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