Wind Storm Updates

Friday, November 1st

PSEG Long Island: Storm Update—Nov. 1, 2019 9 p.m. ET

Working 16-hour shifts, PSEG Long Island crews have made significant progress restoring customers impacted by the potent Halloween wind storm. As of 9 p.m. today, PSEG Long Island has restored service to 97 percent (56,925) of the 59,000 customers affected by the storm.

We expect to restore virtually all of the remaining storm-related jobs overnight. There will be a few tougher jobs that will be resolved by 4 p.m. tomorrow.

As of 9 p.m. PSEG Long Island is reporting approximately 1,900 of its 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

More than 1,200 employees and local contractors are working in shifts, including multiple crews arriving from PSE&G in New Jersey.

Crews worked in hazardous conditions, often repairing extensive damage caused by fallen trees and downed limbs. Click here to view photos of the damage and restoration work.

The online Outage Map continues to update with new outages that are unrelated to the storm. The Outage Map statistics will continue to diverge from the number of customers affected by the storm, which PSEG Long Island tracks separately.

 

PSEG Long Island: Storm Update—Nov. 1, 2019 4 p.m. ET

PSEG Long Island has restored power to 93% of the 59,000 customers affected by the heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous gusts that struck the service area Thursday night and Friday morning.

As of 4 p.m. PSEG Long Island is reporting approximately 3,800 of its 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

We expect the majority of these customers will be restored tonight.

Crews have been working around the clock and will work all night tonight to restore power.  More than 1,200 employees and local contractors are working in shifts, including multiple crews arriving from PSE&G in New Jersey.

We are in the process of removing 384 trees from our wires.

Our goal, always, is to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. We ask our customers for a fair amount of patience and to know we will be there just as soon as it is safe.

 

PSEG Long Island: Storm Update—Nov. 1, 2019 11 a.m. ET

Heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous gusts caused significant damage in Nassau and Suffolk County. The winds brought down large trees, branches and wires affecting more than 58,000 of our 1.1 million customers.

As of 11 a.m., more than 77% of customers affected have been restored.

PSEG Long Island is reporting approximately 12,000 of its 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

We expect the majority of these customers will be restored today

Crews have been working all night in dangerous conditions to assess damage and make repairs.  More than 1,200 employees and local contractors are out in the field right now restoring power. More resources are expected to arrive later today.

We are in the process of removing 384 trees from our wires.

As we continue to assess the damage, restoration times will be refined.  Strong winds will continue today, which may cause additional outages.

Crews will work to restore critical facilities and outages affecting the largest numbers of customers first.

PSEG Long Island has additional personnel, including tree and line crews, to repair damage and restore outages. Employees are unable to work in buckets to make repairs if there are high winds.

Our goal, always, is to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. We ask our customers for a fair amount of patience and to know we will be there just as soon as it is safe.

 

PSEG Long Island: Storm Update—Nov. 1, 2019 5:00 a.m. ET

Heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous gusts caused significant damage in Nassau and Suffolk County. It brought down large trees, branches and wires affecting more than 49,000 of our 1.1 million customers.

As of 4:00 a.m., more than 55% of customers affected have been restored.

PSEG Long Island is reporting 17,368 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

Crews have been working all night in dangerous conditions to assess damage and make repairs.  As we continue to assess the damage, restoration times will be refined.  Strong winds will continue today, which may cause additional outages.

Crews will work to restore critical facilities and outages affecting the largest numbers of customers first.

PSEG Long Island has additional personnel, including tree and line crews, to repair damage and restore outages. Employees are unable to work in buckets to make repairs if there are high winds.

Our goal, always, is to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. We ask our customers for a fair amount of patience and to know we will be there just as soon as it is safe.

 

PSEG Long Island: Storm Update—Oct. 17, 2019 11:45 a.m. ET

Heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous gusts caused significant damage in Nassau and Suffolk County last night, bringing down large trees, branches and wires and affecting more than 57,000 customers.

As of 11 a.m., we have restored 82% of customers affected by the storm.

90% of the outages reported between noon and 11:59 p.m. yesterday have been restored.

72% of the outages reported between midnight and 11 a.m. today have been restored.

The majority of outages will be restored by midnight today, with the remaining customers restored by midnight tomorrow.

We will continue to see additional outages reported due to the high winds today.

Crews have been working all night assessing damages and making repairs.  As we continue to assess the damage, restoration times will be refined.

Crews will work to restore critical facilities and outages affecting the largest numbers of customers first.

PSEG Long Island has additional personnel, including tree and line crews, to repair damage and restore outages.

Electric service crews will continue to work throughout the day to respond to outages safely and as quickly as possible.

Information about PSEG Long Island’s restoration process is available at https://www.psegliny.com/safetyandreliability/stormsafety/afterastorm

Our goal, always, is to restore power as quickly and safely as possible. We ask our customers for a fair amount of patience and to know we will be there just as soon as possible.

 

Stay in touch and stay safe with PSEG Long Island:

Utilize MyAlerts, PSEG Long Island’s text message service. Once registered, report power outages by texting “OUT” to PSEGLI (773454)

To register, have your account number available and text REG to PSEGLI (773454)

To report downed wires or power outages, customers should call PSEG Long Island’s Electric Service line at 1-800-490-0075

Check for updates using our outage map at https://outagemap.psegliny.com/

Like PSEG Long Island on Facebook (www.facebook.com/psegli) and follow us on Twitter (@PSEGLI) for updates. Remember, though, outages cannot be reported through social media.

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