Authorities were uncertain of the extent of the outages, which were reported around 6 a.m. Saturday and primarily affected portions of Memorial Drive, Fuller Road, Burnett Road and Sheridan Street.
UPDATE: 8:30 a.m.- Jeff Cady, general manager of Chicopee Electric Light confirmed that electricity has been restored to all of Chicopee following an outage that lasted for less than two hours Saturday morning. Cady reported that a squirrel worked its way into some electrical equipment, causing the outage.
CHICOPEE -- Power outages were reported around 6 a.m. Saturday in Chicopee, although the precise cause of the blackouts remained unknown as of 7 a.m.
Officials with Chicopee Electric Light (CEL), the publicly owned utility that provides power to the city, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
However, a Chicopee Police Department spokesman said the affected areas include a section of Memorial Drive, Sheridan Street and Burnett and Fuller roads.
There was no power at Walmart, Home Depot, Denny's and other well-known Memorial Drive fixtures, according to initial reports around 6 a.m.
More information will be published when it becomes available.
CEL's 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week emergency service number is (413) 594-7581. The main office can be reached at (413) 598-8311 during regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The electric company's website is www.celd.com.