JCP&L Expects to Restore Customers from First Winter Storm by Late Tonight
A workforce of nearly 6,000 people – line workers, hazard responders and assessors, forestry crews, job dispatchers, and electrical contractors – are part of JCP&L's overall restoration effort that also includes ongoing work to restore power to the remaining 41,000 customers affected by the second winter storm.
Estimated restoration times for customers impacted by the second storm are as follows:
Central New Jersey :Sunday, March 11 , at11:30 p.m. Northern New Jersey :Monday, March 12 , at11:30 p.m.
"Crews are restoring customers around the clock and many people in the affected areas will get their power back on before our estimates," said
To handle the influx of outside workers, staging sites have been established in
JCP&L continues to post storm updates on social media and on the company website. Follow JCP&L on Twitter @JCP_L, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/JCPandL or online at www.jcp-l.com. Water and ice also is available for JCP&L customers currently without power. For distribution locations, visit firstenergycorp.com/outages_help/storm_info/water-ice.html.
JCP&L reminds customers to immediately report downed wires to their utility at 888-LIGHTSS (888-544-4877), or to their local police or fire department. Customers should never go near a downed wire even if they think it is no longer carrying electricity. Extra caution should be used in areas where downed lines are tangled in trees or other debris.
After local power lines are repaired and put back in service, damage to individual customer service wires may become apparent. Customers are reminded that if their neighbor's power is on and theirs is not, the problem may be isolated to their individual service, and service to the neighbor could be fed from a different circuit. Customers are encouraged to report such problems, even at this latter stage in the restoration process.
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