Dive Summary:
- Hurricane Sandy left 930,000 Consolidated Edison customers without power this week, and as of Wednesday about 764,000 are still waiting to see service restored, according to the company.
- Con Ed says they have succeeded in restoring power to about 160,000 customers.
- A quarter-million Con Ed customers in Manhattan lost power Monday night due to a substation explosion.
From the article:
"... Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast Monday night and left almost 8.5 million homes and businesses without power in 21 states from North Carolina to Maine and as far west as Illinois, which surpassed the 8.4 million customers left in the dark by Hurricane Irene last year. ..."
