CL & P Storm Recovery Staffing In Numbers

For lower Fairfield County, Mitch Gross of CL & P provided the staffing breakdown through yesterday.

Saturday 0

Sunday 200+

Monday 225 in the morning 250 by end of day

Tuesday 300 line crews 130 tree crews.

The breakdown for Tuesday 135 are CL & P line crews, the rest are imports from other states.

Each line crew is a two person crew.

The story running in The Day is that union line workers are complaining that shifts were cut to avoid overtime. They claim that in prior storms they’ve worked 17 or 18 hour shifts. According to Gross, the policy for CL & P is 16 hours on 6 hours off.

  • CT Taxpayer

    I am sure that this repair work is very physical and exhausting. The line workers should take the 8-hour break for rest. At most, it would result in only 6 or 7 hours of sleep because of the time it takes to get home (or to a motel), shower, etc. Working too many hours if a recipe for mistakes and accidents, but I also wonder how productive someone who works 17 or 18 hours can be.

  • NorwalkObserver

    On Saturday, CBS radio said that line crews were pulled because the conditions were so dangerous. Could this be true? It certainly was hazardous during the height of the storm.

  • C in the Hood

    I drive past a CL&P station every morning on the way to work. This morning, there was a whole passell (sp?) of tree-trimming trucks parked nearby. I assume they are coordinating with CL&P to remove trees in conjunction with the wires.

  • longtimer

    I think C L & P underestimated the storm and were caught understaffed.

    • Apathetic Voter

      I’d agree with that. In fact, I think EVERYBODY underestimated this storm, including the meteorologists. It’s really shameful that the diatribe-spewing few haven’t comprehended this yet.

  • John carvel

    I don’t. Care if they had to pay triple time and a half, they should have kept them working as many hours as they were willing to work to get the power up and running as soon as possible. Pay for all their rooms at local motels so they didn’t have to waste hours traveling to and from work. Get the job done.