Wednesday, October 31, 2012

DE LUCA HAS 'GLOOMY' POWER OUTLOOK

From PATCH:

"I am even more disappointed” than before at PSE&G’s most recent estimates of when power will be restored to Maplewood Township, said Mayor Vic DeLuca. 
 
DeLuca’s gloomy assessment came Wednesday afternoon, after a regional conference call with the power company. 

“They have not yet released a timetable for residential restoration,” said DeLuca. 

There are roughly 9,000 customers without power in Maplewood. PSE&G has been telling customers in Essex County to expect that it will take another seven to ten days to restore residential power.

“We are cautiously optimistic that it will be shorter than that,” said DeLuca. He said while he understands that the utility company has to restore electrical substations, and then transmission lines, before beginning to restore residences, “we just don’t think it’s happening fast enough.”

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