WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Con Edison Media Relations. March 16, 2010: Hundreds of Con Edison, contractor, and out-of-state utility crews have benefited from today’s sunny weather, working aggressively to restore customers, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block. Nearly 130,000 customers have had electric service restored since the weekend.
“We know how difficult this is for our customers, and we appreciate their patience,” said John Miksad, senior vice president of Electric Operations. “With each reconnection, we focus on restoring the greatest numbers of customers possible.”
As of 4 p.m. today, approximately 43,000 customers remained without power. The areas most affected were Westchester, where approximately 38,000 customers were out, and Staten Island, where fewer than 3,500 remained without service.
Thousands of company support personnel are continuing to work around the clock to help the over 600 crews that are addressing the most destructive rain- and windstorm to hit New York City and Westchester in decades.
Restoration crews are expected to swell to 675 by Wednesday as additional out-of-state utility crews arrive. Utilities from Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky and Massachusetts are assisting Con Edison’s crews.
The company expects to have all storm-related outages in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx restored by Wednesday afternoon, followed by Staten Island on Thursday evening, and Westchester on Friday.
