VELCO spokesman Kerrick Johnson was quoted by vpr.net as saying that about 167 out of 405 insulators on a line in Concord were damaged and they had to be replaced over the weekend.
"We had a crew of about 24 VELCO workers that were making these repairs and it’s pretty challenging work, given the topography there and the use of two cranes to make the repairs necessary," Johnson added.
Johnson noted that the repairs cost VELCO, Vermont’s electric transmission grid operator, nearly $250,000.
The total cost to New England ratepayers will top a million dollars but any hikes will be spread out over a lot of electric bills, Johnson said.
