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Late October Nor’easter Aftermath: Day 3

Other than a few power dips (brown outs), the power remained on for the last day. My APC UPS units continue to protect the computers and servers. The following is an update from PSE&G.

• 88% of the more than 570,000 PSE&G customers impacted by power outages from
  Saturday’s wet, heavy snow that brought down numerous trees and power lines.
  Crews will continue to work around the clock until all customers have power.
• PSE&G expects to meet the state’s goal of having at least 95 percent
  of customers restored by Thursday. At this time, about 67,000 customers are
  without power with the majority of these in Bergen, Essex and Passaic
  counties
• This storm caused more individual incidents of damage to
  PSE&G’s electric infrastructure than did Hurricane Irene. There is a larger
  number of service lines that are damaged as a result of falling tree limbs.
  Repairing the significant number of single lines from the poles to customers’
  homes and businesses presents the greatest challenge with this
  storm.
• PSE&G is using every available resource to make repairs and
  restore electricity as quickly and safely as possible.  Resources include 262
  crews and troubleshooters, 116 line contractor crews and 240 tree crews working
  to restore power.  In addition to its own crews, PSE&G is receiving
  assistance from mutual aid crews from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and
  Mississippi.
• Electric crews work to restore power to the largest numbers
  of customers first, taking into account “priority” customers, such as hospitals,
  police stations, fire stations, water and sewer facilities, schools, and
  communications facilities (TV, radio, and telephone).  At the same time, the
  utility restores power to homes and businesses, starting with the circuits
  serving the largest number of customers.