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UPDATE (4 p.m.): NSTAR outages: 19,950. National Grid: 11,270

UPDATE: (1 p.m.): NSTAR outages: 20,290. National Grid: 13,678.

Governor Charlie Baker also noted in a noon press conference that power for some on Nantucket has been restored thanks to back up generators. Nearly every single customer there was without power for much of the storm.

UPDATE (11 a.m.): NSTAR outages: 21,712. National Grid: 13,485.

UPDATE (9 a.m.): NSTAR outages: 12,869. National Grid: 13,282.

Winter Storm Juno is doing much more damage than just dumping snow on Massachusetts. More than 8,000 people and businesses in the Commonwealth are currently without power due to blizzard conditions outside.

NSTAR is reporting that, at the time this article was published, there are 8,178 outages. National Grid, similarly, is reporting 49 active outages affecting 7,093 customers.

Both energy companies’ data indicates that the South Shore, Cape Cod and Nantucket have been hit the hardest by power outages.

For NSTAR, the towns of Sandwich, Brewster and Falmouth each have over 1,000 customers affected by outages. In Sandwich, 20 percent of customers served are without power.

For National Grid, Nantucket is severely affected. Some 12,800 of the 12,804 National Grid customers are affected by outages though the company estimates to restore power by 11:30 a.m.

Though it’s still the early stages of the blizzard, Boston is remarkably unscathed. NSTAR notes that just 3 of 299,045 customers in Boston have been affected and National Grid isn’t reporting any outages.

It’s quite possible that more people will be left in the dark as the day continues on. Juno forecasts called for 20 to 30 inches of snow with wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour.

Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency and instituted a travel ban on Monday, and the MBTA will not operate on Tuesday at all. Updates for utilities and transportation services will be forthcoming and dependent on how Juno progresses.