FALL RIVER — National Grid is rescheduling a planned 10-hour power outage that would have caused approximately 200 residents to spend the night without electricity, Mayor Paul Coogan said Wednesday.

The utility company notified the mayor’s office of its plan to postpone the outage, but did not provide a new date, Coogan said.

Coogan’s office received between 20 to 25 complaints in response to National Grid's plan to temporarily shut off power, which was scheduled for a night when the temperature was expected to fall to 20 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. 

“If it was 70 degrees that would be one thing,” Coogan said. “But 20 degrees, that’s a bit much.”

National Grid told the mayor’s office in an email circulated to city councilors and posted to Facebook by Vice President Pam Laliberte-Lebeau that the outage was planned so the company could install service to a Fourth Street apartment complex.

The outage would have affected 200 customers on Pine, Purchase, Rock, High, Cherry, Franklin, Granite, Bank and Third streets, according to the email.

National Grid initially indicated in a Feb. 14 letter that the work would be rescheduled to 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Thursday night through Friday morning in the event of weather below 20 degrees or other unforeseen problems.

However, the company did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation about when the outage is now set to take place.

Email Amanda Burke at aburke@heraldnews.com.