One employee per vehicle policy may be slowing things too

I don’t know if all power companies in the area are doing that as a virus precaution, but I know some have said they are

Link to one in Connecticut. I have read of others in NY

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"As this phase of work begins to wrap up, crews are now turning their attention to addressing outages affecting large numbers of customers," Marone said. "All of our teams are working under special precautions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. These include a one-employee-per-vehicle policy, use of personal protective equipment and enhanced hygiene measures.

Click here for link at https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/ct-power-outages-tow