From PSE&G:
PSE&G is making progress restoring power to customers affected by yesterday’s hurricane, which is the worst in the company’s history in terms of outages. Electricity is back on for more than 512,000 customers, while work continues to restore about 188,000 customers statewide. The company expects restoration of all customers within the next 4 to 6 days.
-- In addition to downed trees and wires, flooding has posed a major restoration challenge, especially in counties like Bergen, Middlesex, Somerset and Union.
-- Employees are drying and cleaning flooded substations so they can put circuits from those stations back on line and restore customers. Flood waters are preventing employees from entering a number of other areas. Customers, particularly in flooded areas, should be prepared for lengthy outages until flood waters recede and crews can safely enter.
-- PSE&G has 6,000 employees supporting the restoration effort, including crews from Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. The crews are working around the clock.