Updated 11:30 p.m. Sunday
As of 11:30 p.m. Sunday, all but about 1% of New Canaan customers of Eversource had power restored, according to the utility company.
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More than 500 New Canaan customers of Eversource remained without power at 1:45 p.m. Sunday as a Nor’Easter that pounded the shoreline starting Friday also brought down branches and utility lines in town.
Marshall Ridge Road on Sept. 27, 2026. Photo courtesy of Carl Franco of Franco’s Wine Merchants
The figure—about 5.9% of all customers—is an improvement over the 940 Eversource customers that were without power as of 9:30 a.m. In a townwide outcall on Sunday morning, Emergency Management Director Russ Kimes III reported that most of those 940 customers were along South Avenue.
Some businesses downtown, including the New Canaan Racquet Club, also reported power outages.
“The remaining outages, per Eversource’s website, appear widely scattered which may result in a prolonged restoration period,” Kimes said.
Emergency responders oversaw downed trees, branches and wires on Marshall Ridge, Country Club, Cascade and Toquam Roads, as well as Wahackme Lane, Kimes said.
“Treat every downed line as if it were a live wire, do not remove barricades or police tape blocking roads with downed wires,” he said.
New Canaan and all of southern Fairfield County on Sunday remained under a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by the National Weather Service.
Outages can be reported to Eversource here. NewCanaanite.com will update this article as more information comes in.
A big branch was also blocking Bank Street yesterday. Grateful most damage was removed promptly.
Kudos to the Town DPW for the quick fabulous job of cleaning the debris off our roadways and keeping us safe.