WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Con Edison Media Relations. March 18,2010 EDITED: Con Edison predicts it is one day from completing the restoration of 173,000 electrical customers who were knocked out of service by last weekend’s devastating rain and windstorm.

As of 10:30 P.M., E.D.T., Con Edison Storm Center's "Big Board" reports Bronxville as the power outage leader with 1,239 customers without power; Mount Vernon, 915; Harrison, 670; Scarsdale, 496; Yonkers, 466; Greenburgh, 341; Larchmont, 288; New Rochelle, 190; White Plains, 71; Rye City, 50; Port Chester, 39.  

The company has restored more than 168,000 customers and expects to have the remaining 4,500 back in service by Friday night. All of those customers are in Westchester County, the part of the Con Edison service territory that was hit the hardest.

The company completed all storm-related restorations in Staten Island today. All Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx customers affected by the storm were restored earlier in the week.

Thousands of company support personnel are continuing to work around the clock to help the crews that are addressing the most destructive rain and windstorm to hit New York City and Westchester in decades.

Con Edison is getting help from utility crews from Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky and Massachusetts. In all, more than 700 crews are on the streets, placing customers back in service.

The company expressed its deepest appreciation for its customers’ patience and perseverance during the outage.