Parsippany Power Outage Update

PSE&G reports that as of 5 p.m., 74,000 New Jersey residents are still lacking electric service following the hurricane. The company appears to making headway, though power has been restored to about 670,000 customers since Sunday and company spokesperson Karen Johnson said substantial progress has been made during the past 48 hours.

According to PSE&G, Irene has created the greatest number of outages in the company’s history in terms of outages. The company expects restoration of all customers within the next 4 to 6 days.

Utility company JCP&L, which presents individual town outage totals, reports that 455 of its Parsippany customers remain without power as of a6:08 p.m., according to its online outage map.

Crews for both workers are still on the job restoring power and dealing with downed trees and wires and the problems that go along with flooding. Both companies report issues with flooding at their own substations.

The utilities again remind residents that the emergency is not over. There are still downed wires and each should be considered live and dangerous and avoided. 

If you're out of power and need help, call JCP&L at 888-544-4877. PSE&G can be reached at 800-436-7734.