Power restored to thousands in Stratford, Bridgeport

Power has been restored to thousands of customers in the Stratford-Bridgeport area on Sunday.

Thousands lost power around 9:45 p.m. Saturday because of a problem with two substations, UI spokesman Kevin Ortiz said around 11 p.m. Saturday.

“We were able to quickly rectify the issue with one of the substations. So a lot of the customers that were out were out for just a matter of minutes,” Ortiz said.

He said the outage predominantly affected customers in Bridgeport and Stratford.

Among the customers to lose power was Bridgeport Hospital, but backup generators quickly kicked in. Patient care was not interupted and service was restored by the morning, hospital spokesman John Cappiello said.

Bridgeport Police and the city reported on Twitter around midnight that power was back on in the area.

Outages in Bridgeport were reported around 9:48 p.m., with 3,218 customers in the city still without power around 11 p.m., according to the UI outage map. As of 11 p.m., Stratford reported 7,833 customers without power; Milford reported 21; Easton reported two; and Derby, Shelton and Fairfield reported one. By 5:30 a.m. Sunday, no outages were reported in the area.

To report an outage, call 800-722-5584.