The Newport County Chamber of Commerce is committed to gaining an accurate understanding of the economic impact of the outage.

At the time of the outage, many of you shared information about your estimated losses with us, or others. However, after the outage, many of you were still calculating losses, continuing to experience reduced foot traffic, waiting for bills that had not yet shown up that would reflect increased rates for electric (space heaters, etc) and water (to keep pipes from freezing), and still trying to determine what your insurance policies would cover. 

It may seem like we're asking a lot by asking you to share with us again... but it is only with this updated, and more specific information that we can get a true sense of the overall losses.

Any information you provide will only be used to assist the Chamber in getting an understanding of the bigger picture, and continuing to advocate on your behalf as we all seek a full recovery.
 
Thank you, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions:
Call (401) 847-1608 or email us at: info@newportchamber.com

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1. Please provide the information below. 

As a reminder, the Chamber will not share any identifying information. It will only be used for internal purposes.

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2. In what industry is your business?

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3. When did the impact start and end for your business?

(Please enter both date and time for each answer.
If you do not recall what time, please enter 12:00 PM)

Date
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Time

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4. For the entire period of impact stated above, please answer the following:

(Please use the following format: $12,000.00)

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5. Did your business also suffer damage or loss to property, or contents such as inventory?

(Please use the following format: $12,000.00)

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6. Please use this section to provide any additional explanation of what adverse economic effects the natural gas outage had on your business.

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7. Please let us know about your experience with insurance coverage...

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8. Did you seek any other sources of recovery funding?

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9. If you would like to tell us about your experience with seeking any of the above sources of recovery funding, in terms of timeliness, availability, success, or otherwise, please do so:

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10. Of the following, what could have been handled differently?

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11. Of the following, what was handled well?

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12. Please share any final thoughts or information you think would be helpful for us to know in evaluating the overall impact of the natural gas outage. Thank you!

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