Folks in Monroe freezing in the dark

MONROE, Conn. (WTNH) - It's not just cities and towns up north that are still dealing with the impact of the Autumn Nor'easter.

Some areas of Fairfield County were hard-hit, including Monroe where some folks are still in the dark.

On the green in Monroe they do have electricity, but that is not the case for everyone in the town. It is not just folks in the north and central parts of Connecticut that are suffering.

It was five days of no power when Irene hit, now the Keklik family has been without power for six days due to the Autumn Nor'easter. A tree went down on Elm Street in Monroe, and it took three days just to open the road.

"CL&P came by one day, closed it back off again, and then they left about 10 minutes later and told us, told my husband that it was gonna be about two weeks before our power came back on," says Gina Keklik.

She called to complain and was told, the crews shouldn't be talking to customers, but they denied it would be two weeks.

"I'm sure that there are crews out there somewhere, I just haven't really seen them around my town," says Keklik.

News 8 went looking and found workers from Missouri, but not in the Keklik's area of town.

There is about 34 percent of Monroe still in the dark, and they are getting increasingly uncomfortable.

"We stayed here for the first couple of nights, but then it just got to be too cold," says Keklik.

They left to stay with family, but had to leave the cat behind. Gina Keklik comes home everyday to check on her, and the status of the electricity. She says, she's really disappointed in how CL&P has handled the crisis, a relative of hers works for the company.

"He did tell me that there are still some crews that are not on mandatory storm duty, they're doing routine day to day operations," says Keklik.

She was told, it's because the utility doesn't want to pay double time. Keklik has also contacted the Attorney General's Office and was happy to hear, there will be an investigation. She says, this is simply unacceptable.

"We do pay very high rates, and I don't know what we're getting for that money," says Keklik.