Dive Summary:
- More than 363,000 homes and businesses remain without service a week and a half after Hurricane Sandy, which is down from a high of 2.7 million.
- Utility crews, which are currently also dealing with a nor’easter, are continuing to work on the outages, but expect further delays in some areas as a result of the second storm; federal safety laws prohibit line crews from working in bucket trucks when winds exceed 40 miles per hour.
- Public Service Electric & Gas has the most outages in the state, with 185,380, while Jersey Central Power & Light has 168,171.
From the article:
Utility crews continue to restore electricity even as a nor'easter delivers wind, rain and sleet to parts of New Jersey battered by Superstorm Sandy.
More than 363,000 homes and businesses remain without service a week and a half after the storm struck, down from a high of 2.7 million. ...