Winter storm knocks out power for more than a million customers

The severe winter storm that began Friday, January 22, and continued through Saturday, January 23, affected energy infrastructure throughout much of the eastern United States. Heavy snowfall, high winds, and ice knocked out power to more than one million customers in states from Arkansas to Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Energy's "Energy Assurance Daily", power had been restored to all but about 3,000 customers as of midafternoon January 26. More »