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Millstone Power Station
New Way of Receiving Emergency Alerts
In the unlikely event of an emergency at Millstone Power Station, residents and businesses within 10 miles of the power station are currently alerted via the outdoor siren system.
Emergency Alerts Are Changing
Starting <insert date>, if there is an emergency at Millstone Power Station, you'll receive emergency alerts on your mobile phone. These alerts work like AMBER or severe weather alerts.
These emergency alerts (also known as wireless emergency alerts or WEAs) are sent through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). In an emergency, the alert will include a short message telling you to go to a webpage and/or tune in to local radio or TV station for emergency information and/or instructions.
At the same time, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will interrupt regular programming on TV and radio broadcasters to share emergency information and/or instructions.
Who Will Receive These Alerts?
If an emergency occurs at the Millstone Power Station, anyone within the 10 mile area of the power station, whether you live, work, or are visiting, will receive a mobile phone alert.
To see if you live in the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station, go to How Do I Know if I am in the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station?
To see if you live in the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station, go to How Do I Know if I am in the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station?
Other Changes in How You’ll Be Alerted and Notified
In addition to mobile emergency alerts:
- Connecticut residents near the power station may also receive a CT Alert at no cost. CT Alerts can call or text landlines and registered mobile phones.
- Fishers Island residents will continue to hear sirens while also receiving mobile emergency alerts.
Dominion Energy, in partnership with Connecticut and New York emergency management agencies , made these changes to use modern technology and provide real time information to the public.
- Real-time information on what is happening and what to do.
- Alerts that can reach you indoors, office, or car.
- Longer alerting window to reach people entering the 10-mile area of the power station.
- GPS targeted alerts to people living, working, visiting the 10 mile area of the power station will receive the alert.
Communities within the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station are part of the power station’s 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ).
The following are the 10 communities within the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station:
• East Lyme
• Old Lyme
• New London
• Groton Town and Groton City
• Waterford
• Fishers Island
• Part of Montville
o Areas south of Grassy Hill Rd., Chesterfield Rd., and Route 163, between Glendale Rd. and Chapel Hill Rd. in Oakdale Heights.
• Part of Ledyard
o Areas south of Hurlbutt Rd., Whalehead Rd., and Sandy Hollow Rd. to Route 117
• Part of Lyme
o Areas of Lyme east of Route 156 and south of Beaver Brook Rd
Residents in the 10-mile area receive an annual postcard directing where to get emergency preparedness information for Millstone Power Station.
Learn more at the Millstone Power Station Preparedness webpage.
The following are the 10 communities within the 10-mile area of Millstone Power Station:
• East Lyme
• Old Lyme
• New London
• Groton Town and Groton City
• Waterford
• Fishers Island
• Part of Montville
o Areas south of Grassy Hill Rd., Chesterfield Rd., and Route 163, between Glendale Rd. and Chapel Hill Rd. in Oakdale Heights.
• Part of Ledyard
o Areas south of Hurlbutt Rd., Whalehead Rd., and Sandy Hollow Rd. to Route 117
• Part of Lyme
o Areas of Lyme east of Route 156 and south of Beaver Brook Rd
Residents in the 10-mile area receive an annual postcard directing where to get emergency preparedness information for Millstone Power Station.
Learn more at the Millstone Power Station Preparedness webpage.
What If I Don’t Have a Mobile Phone?
You will still hear and receive information through local TV and radio stations via Emergency Alert System.
Connecticut residents within the 10-mile area of the power station may also receive a CT Alert at no cost. CT Alerts can call or text landlines and registered mobile phones.
Fishers Island residents will continue to hear sirens on the island.
You will still hear and receive information through local TV and radio stations via Emergency Alert System.
Connecticut residents within the 10-mile area of the power station may also receive a CT Alert at no cost. CT Alerts can call or text landlines and registered mobile phones.
Fishers Island residents will continue to hear sirens on the island.
) Is My Mobile Device Capable of Receiving Wireless Emergency Alerts?
1. Look for “WEA capable” labeling with the WEA-capable logo on retail callout cards and in manufacturers’ online equipment listings.
2. Check your mobile device’s settings:
• iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Scroll all the way down to Government Alerts
• Android: Settings → Safety & emergency → Wireless emergency alerts
If you see “Government Alerts” or “Emergency Alerts” in settings, your device likely supports WEA.
3. Check your carrier’s list of WEA capable devices
• Verizon
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• T Mobile [t-mobile.com]
• Xfinity Mobile [xfinity.com]
(H2) Why Are Sirens Staying on Fishers Island and Not In Connecticut?
• New York State decided to continue the use of sirens on Fishers Island as an added way to alert residents.
• State of Connecticut chose to use CT Alert as an added system to alert residents. CT Alert has the capability to send messages to Connecticut residents via text, phone, and email.
(H2) What is FEMA IPAWS and the Emergency Alert System (EAS)?
• IPAWS is FEMA's national alerting system. It sends emergency alerts to mobile phones (WEA), radio and TV (EAS), and NOAA weather radio.
Learn more about FEMA IPAWS at FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System webpage.
• EAS is a system that interrupts local radio and TV programs to share emergency information.
Learn more about EAS at FEMA’s Emergency Alert System webpage.
1. Look for “WEA capable” labeling with the WEA-capable logo on retail callout cards and in manufacturers’ online equipment listings.
2. Check your mobile device’s settings:
• iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Scroll all the way down to Government Alerts
• Android: Settings → Safety & emergency → Wireless emergency alerts
If you see “Government Alerts” or “Emergency Alerts” in settings, your device likely supports WEA.
3. Check your carrier’s list of WEA capable devices
• Verizon
[verizon.com]
• T Mobile [t-mobile.com]
• Xfinity Mobile [xfinity.com]
(H2) Why Are Sirens Staying on Fishers Island and Not In Connecticut?
• New York State decided to continue the use of sirens on Fishers Island as an added way to alert residents.
• State of Connecticut chose to use CT Alert as an added system to alert residents. CT Alert has the capability to send messages to Connecticut residents via text, phone, and email.
(H2) What is FEMA IPAWS and the Emergency Alert System (EAS)?
• IPAWS is FEMA's national alerting system. It sends emergency alerts to mobile phones (WEA), radio and TV (EAS), and NOAA weather radio.
Learn more about FEMA IPAWS at FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System webpage.
• EAS is a system that interrupts local radio and TV programs to share emergency information.
Learn more about EAS at FEMA’s Emergency Alert System webpage.
Does this Cost Anything?
No. Wireless Emergency Alerts and CT Alerts are free.
No. Wireless Emergency Alerts and CT Alerts are free.
What is Millstone Power Station?
Millstone Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Waterford, Connecticut. It sits on 500 acres and is the state’s only nuclear power plant. Millstone produces about 2,100 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Visit the Millstone Power Station webpage to learn more about the nuclear power station.
Millstone Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Waterford, Connecticut. It sits on 500 acres and is the state’s only nuclear power plant. Millstone produces about 2,100 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Visit the Millstone Power Station webpage to learn more about the nuclear power station.